Meridan Plains
Tree removal in Meridan Plains
Tree removal, lopping and pruning in Meridan Plains, from the forest edge to the low ground by the Mooloolah River.
Tree work in Meridan Plains
Flooded gums on a floodplain
The Kawana Forest Nature Trail in Meridan Plains starts beside a flooded gum forest of Eucalyptus grandis, and its full loop runs on through paperbark forest and towering palms. Flooded gums grow very tall and carry heavy limbs, so one near a house is usually climbed and lowered in sections on ropes rather than felled.
Part of the suburb is Mooloolah River floodplain, including land on Rainforest Drive that the council secured for the Lower Mooloolah River Green Space. It took in 214 hectares in 2022, and a councillor said it would help maintain and responsibly manage the floodplain. Soft, wet ground there can loosen the roots of big trees and keep machines off a block until it dries.
Services in Meridan Plains
Big gums and wrenched limbs
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.
Meridan Plains questions
Protected bushland and a storm that hit hard
Who looks after the parks and reserves here?
The state and the council. The state's protected areas data lists Meridan Plains Conservation Park and Caloundra Conservation Park as conservation parks under the Nature Conservation Act 1992. The council's environment levy land register lists the Honey Farm Road Environment Reserve under council management, and none of those trees are a neighbour's to trim or remove.
How hard have storms hit here?
Hard. Sunshine Coast News reported Meridan Plains among the suburbs most affected by the January 2021 storm, which left trees and shrubs shredded across the southern end of the coast, with branches wrenched from trees by the winds. After a storm like that, a tree is worth checking for split limbs, cracked forks and a new lean.
