Benowa
Tree removal in Benowa
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Benowa, from the Benowa Waters canal estate and Lake Capabella to the streets around them.
Tree work in Benowa
Old river bends under the canal blocks
Large meanders of the river at Benowa are now the Benowa Waters canal estate and Lake Capabella. Other low-lying land became the waterway north of Sir Bruce Small Park, and the park itself was laid out on the edge of a former wetland.
That kind of ground is often fill sitting on a high water table, so garden trees tend to root wide and shallow rather than deep. A tree beside a canal or the lake is lowered piece by piece toward the street, so nothing falls into the water.
Services in Benowa
Canal blocks and listed trees
Tree removal permits
Heritage approval checked first where mature trees planted in the late 1870s stand on a listed lot.
Tree removal
Lowered in pieces from a canal block where the water behind the house leaves no drop zone.
Stump grinding
Ground out on canal blocks, with any listed tree's root zone left alone.
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.
- 4
Quoted in writing
The quote sets out the scope, the timber, the stump and the date. Then a date is booked.
Benowa questions
A heritage garden and a transplanted fig
Can a heritage listing cover old garden trees?
It can. Rosser's house and gardens are a registered place on the Gold Coast Local Heritage Register, and the gardens include significant historic mature trees planted in the late 1870s by the manager of the Benowa sugar mill. The listing takes in the whole lot, so pruning one of those trees, or stump and root work near them, can need the City's heritage approval or an exemption certificate before a date is set.
Does the big fig in Bruce Park affect the homes around it?
Yes, for homes beside the park. The 25-metre white fig there is the last surviving specimen of four fig trees relocated for canal development in 1994, and the City lists it as a remarkable tree. A fig that size spreads surface roots and a broad crown well past its trunk, so roots in a lawn or limbs over a fence are raised with the City, and stump or root work nearby is planned around its root zone.
