Mountain Creek
Tree removal in Mountain Creek
Tree lopping, pruning and stump grinding in Mountain Creek, from the creek flats to the homes on the edge of the conservation area.
Tree work in Mountain Creek
Wallum country and a tidal creek
Council's town history says Mountain Creek is named after the creek, which drains the southern slopes of Buderim and the wallum country nearby, and is tidal for a short distance before it reaches the Mooloolah River. That low ground takes the runoff, and trees on it often root shallowly and can lean or fall when the soil is saturated.
Along the creek, the Mountain Creek Riparian Reserve and Conservation Area protects wallum and creekside bushland, and council says 104 native species have been identified in it. A tree near the back fence on that edge may belong to the reserve, and work on a private tree beside it keeps debris, machinery and cuts out of the bushland.
Council's notes for the Mountain Creek Circuit trails mention blackbutt and bottlebrush. Blackbutt is a tall eucalypt with heavy, dense timber, so one standing near a house is usually taken down in sections on ropes rather than felled whole.
Services in Mountain Creek
Tall eucalypts, fire edges and soft flats
Tree lopping
Height taken off tall eucalypts that have grown out over the house, lowered a piece at a time.
Tree pruning
Dead wood and dense growth thinned out of trees on blocks that face the conservation area.
Stump grinding
Booked for when the creek flats have dried out enough to carry the grinder and the truck.
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.
Mountain Creek questions
Fire maps, planned burns and a bat roost
Has fire been through the bushland here?
Yes. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service fire history maps a burnt area of about 129 hectares in Mountain Creek, burnt in 2021 and filed under Mooloolah River National Park. In April 2022 the conservation area was also earmarked in council's annual planned burn campaign, so branches over the roofs and gutters along its edge are worth cutting back before the bushfire season.
Can trees in the Kawana Roost be trimmed?
Only with the colony in mind. Council's flying-fox roost data lists one roost site in Mountain Creek, the Kawana Roost, and flying-foxes are protected in Queensland. Work in or beside it is planned around the bats, often by waiting until they have moved on, and a job on the next block may be timed the same way.
