Austinville
Tree removal in Austinville
Tree removal, lopping and stump grinding for Austinville blocks, in the rainforest valley between Mudgeeraba and Springbrook.
Tree work in Austinville
Old banana country gone back to rainforest
The City of Gold Coast says the Austinville valley, between Mudgeeraba and Springbrook, was previously known for banana farming and is now known for its rainforests and creeks, where the local landcare group plants native trees. On land like that, a tree job often means working among dense rainforest trees and vines near a creek, so access, the drop zone and the creek bank all need planning before the first cut.
The blocks are very large. Once lots under 250 square metres are set aside, the City Plan's property data records a median lot of 39,920 square metres for Austinville. On a block that big, gear may have to cross a paddock to reach the tree, and the quote allows for long carries, or for open ground where a tree can be felled or cut in sections.
At the Austinville waterhole on Mudgeeraba Creek, the City warns that the access road is very narrow and parking is limited, especially on sunny weekend afternoons. A truck and chipper need somewhere to stand off a road like that, so a job along it may call for a smaller chipper or for parking inside the property, booked away from those busy afternoons.
Services in Austinville
Rainforest regrowth, paddock carries and tight access
Tree removal
Trees tangled in rainforest vines near a creek taken down in sections, away from the bank.
Tree lopping
Dead limbs taken off over roofs, sheds and paths on the big valley blocks.
Stump grinding
Stumps ground with a machine small enough for narrow access up the valley.
What it costs: tree removal cost, stump grinding cost, palm removal cost
Compared: removal, lopping or pruning, stump grinding or stump removal, council tree rules compared
How it works
Four steps, and the permit comes before the price
Nothing happens without a written quote you have agreed to.
- 1
Call or send the form
Include the suburb, your details and what needs to be done.
- 2
A contractor comes to see it
On site, not off a photo, because access and what sits underneath change the job.
- 3
The permit position is checked
Against the city's vegetation mapping and the koala controls, before a price is given.
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Quoted in writing
The quote sets out the scope, the timber, the stump and the date. Then a date is booked.
Austinville questions
Land the City acquired, and conservation agreements on titles
How much of the valley has the City acquired as natural area?
In the City of Gold Coast's natural area acquisition records, five Austinville properties, about 460 hectares in all, were acquired between 2001 and 2007. Where a private block shares a fence with one of them, the line is found before a limb hanging over from the City's side is touched, as those trees are for the City to manage.
Can a conservation agreement on the title limit tree removal?
It can. The City says the Austinville valley holds a significant area of protected land, from conservation investment, land acquisition and voluntary conservation agreements on private land, linked over time to the Austinville section of Springbrook National Park. An agreement like that can limit which vegetation may be removed, so the title and any agreement are read before a native tree on the block is quoted.
