Ninderry
Tree removal in Ninderry
Tree removal, stump grinding and pruning in Ninderry, on the slopes below the mountain and the blocks beside its endangered subtropical lowland rainforest.
Tree work in Ninderry
Steep slopes and a growing reserve
Council's draft landscape plan for Mount Ninderry proposes a less erosion prone route to ease the damage that rising foot traffic is doing to the steep summit trail. Slopes like these wash away once the ground is opened up. On a sloping block below the mountain, a stump is usually ground out or left where it is rather than pulled, so its roots keep holding the soil, and machinery access is planned around the grade and the rock.
Over the past 10 years, council has bought additional properties surrounding the Mount Ninderry summit area to prevent further clearing and protect habitat, and the reserve it manages now covers 199 hectares. So more blocks now border protected council land, and tree work beside it starts by confirming where the boundary runs.
Services in Ninderry
Slopes, rainforest edges and reserve lines
Stump grinding
Stumps on the mountain's lower slopes ground from a stable footing, with rock allowed for.
Tree pruning
Light pruning on the bush edge that leaves the reserve's side of the boundary untouched.
Storm damage
Trees brought down on steep ground made safe and removed without tearing up the slope.
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.
Ninderry questions
Endangered rainforest and hundreds of plant species
Is the rainforest on the mountain protected?
Much of it is. Council says the Mount Ninderry Environment Reserve protects eight different regional ecosystems, including a large area of endangered subtropical lowland rainforest. That vegetation can extend onto neighbouring blocks, so removal or heavy pruning near the reserve edge is checked against council and state vegetation rules before it is quoted.
What grows on the mountain behind the houses?
A great deal. Council's park listing says over 301 native plant species have been identified in the reserve. On a block beside it, the trees involved are named first, so native habitat trees, hollows and protected species are flagged before any pruning or removal is agreed.
