Swansea Heads
Tree removal in Swansea Heads
Tree pruning and removal on the headland, where salt wind and sand shape the trees.
Tree work in Swansea Heads
Banksias on the dunes
Council investigated the illegal removal of four mature coastal banksias from dunes at Swansea Heads, trees thought to be up to 100 years old and the tallest in the area. Those were public trees on public land.
Banksias are native, and in Lake Macquarie native trees can need an application before work. It is the owner's responsibility to identify if a tree is native, and council does not run a species identification service.
Services in Swansea Heads
Salt wind on the headland
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.
Swansea Heads questions
Seawall, fossils and storm hazards
What happened at Reid's Reserve?
Storms damaged the reserve, and later waves overtopped the wall and left the park fenced off for close to two years. Salt and wind on that headland are hard on garden trees too.
What are the fossil stumps?
The LEP lists numerous fossil tree stumps preserved in situ beside a public reserve as an archaeological heritage item. They are rock now, protected as heritage, and not part of any private job.
Is a dangerous tree treated differently?
Under the state vegetation SEPP, approval is not needed to remove vegetation the council is satisfied is a risk to human life or property. That call is the council's, so ask council before cutting.
