Conondale
Tree removal in Conondale
Fire-season trimming, pruning and tree removal in Conondale, a rural village near the headwaters of the Mary River.
Tree work in Conondale
National park on two sides of the village
Queensland Places describes Conondale as a rural village west of Maleny, with the Conondale Range national park west and south of the village. That forest is burnt on purpose as well as by wildfire: fire mapping by the national parks service shows a planned burn south of Grigors Road, in the south-east corner of the park. That burn covered about 82 hectares. On the edge of the village, trimming trees back from houses and sheds and taking dead limbs off roofs is routine work before each fire season.
A council spokesperson has said honey locust was recently found around the Mary River south of Conondale. It is an invasive plant prioritised for eradication that can grow up to 20m high, and private landholders must eradicate it under state biosecurity obligations. Its spikes are strong enough to puncture a car tyre, so taking one off a riverside block is slow, well-protected work, finished by treating the stump so it cannot regrow.
Services in Conondale
Fire edges, spiny pests and a protected roost
Tree pruning
Crowns lifted and thinned so the trees nearest a house stop crowding its walls and gutters.
Stump grinding
Stumps on rural blocks ground out once the tree is down, with the grindings spread on the garden or carted.
Tree removal permits
Work near the Elaman Creek roost checked against the protections for flying-foxes before it is booked.
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.
Conondale questions
Flying-foxes on Elaman Creek
Do flying-foxes roost around Conondale?
At one site. Council's open data on flying-fox roosts has a single entry in the locality, a roost site listed as Herron Rd-Elaman Creek. Flying-foxes and their roosts are protected, so trees along that part of the creek are not cut while the colony is in, and work nearby is kept quiet and low impact.
How many bats use that roost?
It swings from thousands to none. Council's survey counts at that roost have found 5000 grey-headed flying-foxes at one visit and no bats at all at many others. Work in or near the roost trees is timed for when the colony is away, because cutting beside thousands of roosting bats is ruled out.
