Mooloolah Valley
Tree removal in Mooloolah Valley
Tree removal, lopping and stump grinding in Mooloolah Valley, from the township's big figs to the hill blocks and the river flats.
Tree work in Mooloolah Valley
A river that floods and roads that climb
In February 2022 the Mooloolah River peaked at 5.87 metres at the Mooloolah gauge, the highest figure in the Bureau of Meteorology's flood history for that gauge, just above 5.83 metres in April 1989. Water that high can wash soil from under trees on the creek and river flats or leave them leaning, and after a flood the heavy gear may have to wait until the ground firms up.
Above the valley, council's guide to the Mooloolah Valley Cycle Circuit warns riders that sections along Old Gympie Road are quite steep. On hill blocks like those, access often decides the job: the truck and chipper work from the road, and limbs come down on ropes.
In the township, council's town and pond walk passes a playground shaded by impressive Fig trees on its way to the Mooloolah River footbridge. Figs that big hold heavy limbs over paths and play areas, so pruning one is a climbing job, and a fig stump leaves a wide spread of roots to grind out.
Services in Mooloolah Valley
Hill blocks, flood flats and town figs
Tree lopping
Tall trees above a hillside house reduced in height before a storm can bring them down onto it.
Storm damage
Fallen trees cut off fences, sheds and driveways after heavy weather, with the hanging limbs made safe first.
Stump grinding
Stumps left after a flood or a storm ground out once the flats will bear the machine.
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.
Mooloolah Valley questions
Wildlife rules, a roost and the heritage grounds
What did council require before the Hillside estate's tree removal?
A fauna-catching program, including a pre-clearing fauna-trapping program, with ecologists on site to handle relocations. The estate's Vegetation and Fauna Management Plan showed 59 native trees and 16 exotic trees set to be removed for a council-required revegetation, Sunshine Coast News reported. Comparable bushland work in the valley is planned with a fauna spotter catcher, and each tree is checked for animals before it is cut.
Do flying-foxes roost in the valley?
Yes. Council's roost layer lists a site at the Mooloolah Gardens Revegetation Area. Pruning or removal on the blocks beside it is timed around the colony and kept to low-impact work while the bats are roosting there.
Are the trees at the old church and hall protected?
They stand on heritage-listed land. The planning scheme maps the Mooloolah Public Hall, St Thomas Anglican Church and the Mooloolah Railway Shelter as Local Heritage Places, so removing or heavily pruning a tree on those grounds goes through council's heritage rules. Nearby work keeps falling limbs off the old buildings.
