Dicky Beach
Tree removal in Dicky Beach
Tree removal, pruning and storm damage work in Dicky Beach, from the beachfront lots by Sir Leslie Wilson Park to the streets around Coochin Park.
Tree work in Dicky Beach
Seawalls, sand top-ups and undermined lots
Beachfront owners near Sir Leslie Wilson Park built a rock seawall as emergency works after a series of erosion events in 2009. On those lots a tree can be undermined when the sand goes, and one that starts to lean may need reducing or taking down before it falls on the house, a path or the beach.
In the park itself, the council says the sand is replenished on a regular basis, and it has tried revegetating and fencing the site. Roots in loose, shifting sand like that have little to grip, so work nearby keeps machinery off the dune and leaves the stabilising roots uncut.
The council also says the wreck of the SS Dicky was badly eroded by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald in 2013, and its remains keep surfacing as the shore erodes. After a big sea, trees on the foreshore and the blocks behind it are checked for lean, exposed roots and broken limbs.
Services in Dicky Beach
Undermined trees and a shrinking foreshore
Storm damage
Trees loosened or tipped by a big sea made safe first, then cut up and cleared off the lot.
Tree lopping
Height and weight taken off a big tree on a beachfront lot, so there is less to come down if the sand goes.
Stump grinding
Stumps cut out of loose beach sand below the surface, then filled and levelled for turf.
How it works
What happens after you get in touch
The council question is answered before the price, and nothing is booked until you have the quote in writing and have said yes to it.
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Tell us about the tree
The suburb, what the tree stands near and what you would like done with it.
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Someone comes to look
A tree contractor who covers your area sees the tree, the access and whatever is underneath it.
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The council position is checked
Lot size, how close the tree is to the house and the mapping on the block decide whether an application comes first.
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Quoted in writing
Scope, timber, stump and date set out on one page. Nothing is booked until you accept it.
Dicky Beach questions
The historic pines and the trees of Coochin Park
Who looks after the big pines in Sir Leslie Wilson Park?
The council. Its plan for a possible rock seawall there said the wall would protect the park, the future coastal pathway and the historic Norfolk Island pine trees. Owners nearby keep those pines' roots and canopy out of harm's way during any tree work of their own.
Can limbs hanging over from Coochin Park be cut back?
Ask the council first. Coochin Park is council parkland with plenty of trees and open space, and a limb reaching over from it is the council's matter. Private trees on the streets around it are worked on without damaging the park trees' roots.
Tree leaning toward the beach?