Ringtail Creek
Tree removal in Ringtail Creek
Tree lopping, stump grinding and removal in Ringtail Creek, for blocks near the state forest and the Cooloothin Creek Bushland Reserve.
Tree work in Ringtail Creek
State forest burns beside the blocks
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service burns parts of the state forest here to bring its fuel load down. Its burn records list a planned burn in Ringtail State Forest, adjacent to Ringtail Creek Road. A much larger one was lit later in the Ringtail section, west of McKinnon Drive.
Burns like these lower the risk across the forest, but they stop at the boundary fence. On the blocks next door, regrowth and trees close to homes, sheds and driveways still need their own work: dead timber out, low branches lifted and nothing left touching a roof.
Services in Ringtail Creek
Regrowth, tall trees and forest-edge rules
Tree lopping
Tall regrowth near the house brought down to a height the block can manage.
Stump grinding
Stumps of felled regrowth ground out, so the ground can be mown or replanted.
Noosa tree work
The shire council's planning rules apply to clearing on these forest-edge blocks, and they are checked before work starts.
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.
- 1
Tell us about the tree
The suburb, what the tree stands near and what you would like done with it.
- 2
Someone comes to look
A tree contractor who covers your area sees the tree, the access and whatever is underneath it.
- 3
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.
- 4
Quoted in writing
Scope, timber, stump and date set out on one page. Nothing is booked until you accept it.
Ringtail Creek questions
The Cooloothin Creek reserve and the council's own burns
Who looks after the Cooloothin Creek reserve?
The council does. On its open space list, the Cooloothin Creek Bushland Reserve on McKinnon Drive is an environmental reserve held in council trust. On a block beside it, the boundary is settled before any cutting, and branches and machinery are kept off the creek-side bush.
Are the burns all lit at one time of year?
No. The two state forest burns were lit in August 2024 and January 2025, and the four burns Noosa Council carried out on its own bushland reserves in 2023 included a burn in Ringtail Creek. With fuel being reduced in more than one season, trimming around a house is worth keeping up through the year rather than leaving it until the summer.
