Speers Point
Tree removal in Speers Point
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Speers Point, from the park edge to the streets south of the old smelter.
Tree work in Speers Point
Smelter ground south of Cockle Creek
The EPA says aerial fallout of lead oxide from the former smelter reached surface soils on properties in Boolaroo, Argenton to the north and Speers Point to the south. A sample from Tredinnick Oval, thought to be black slag, held 17,500 ppm lead.
For tree work the soil matters more than the timber. Stump grinding mixes earth through the chips, so grindings from a yard here are better taken away or kept on that yard than spread as garden mulch elsewhere.
Beside the park, a large area of low-lying swampy land was bought by council in 1938, filled in and added to the reserve. Filled ground near the lake can stay soft, which affects where a machine is set down.
Services in Speers Point
Lakeside fill and old fallout
How it works
From the first message to a written quote
The council question is settled before any price, and nothing is booked until you have said yes to a quote in writing.
- 1
Tell us what the tree is doing
Where it stands, what it hangs over and what you would like done about it.
- 2
A contractor comes to see it
A tree contractor who covers your suburb looks at the tree, the access and what is underneath it.
- 3
The council question is answered
Your council, the tree's height and trunk, its distance from the house and the species decide whether a permit or an exemption applies.
- 4
You get it in writing
Scope, timber, stump and date on one page, and nothing is booked until you have said yes.
Speers Point questions
Poisoned trees on the shared path
What happened to the trees on the lake path?
Seven trees on the shared pathway between Warners Bay and Speers Point were drilled and poisoned, with three mature eucalypts now dead and a large casuarina expected to die. Those are council trees, not part of a private job.
Is a tree that threatens the house treated differently?
Under the state vegetation SEPP, a permit or approval is not required to remove vegetation the council is satisfied is a risk to human life or property. It is the council's judgement, not the owner's.
Does a casuarina need approval?
Casuarinas are native, and Lake Macquarie City Council says an application may be needed before work on a native tree or Araucaria pine species on private property.
