Bundall
Tree removal in Bundall
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Bundall, on the Sorrento canal blocks and around Moomba Basin.
Tree work in Bundall
Canal estates on old wetland
Much of the land around the old Bundall sugar plantation was wetland, and by the mid-1970s substantial earthworks were completed for the Sorrento canal estates in south Bundall. On ground reshaped like that, tree roots tend to spread shallow and wide above the wetter soil, and a big tree can lose its footing in a wet, windy storm. A stump grinder there can also bring up fill rather than natural soil, which is checked before the job is quoted.
The council's tree records name the water gum more often than any other tree inside Bundall, with 96 water gums listed. Those are City trees, so trimming one away from a roof, a driveway or a path means asking the council, while a water gum inside your own boundary is yours to manage.
Services in Bundall
Canal ground, fill and shade trees
Tree removal
Dismantled piece by piece on canal blocks where a tree cannot be dropped whole.
Stump grinding
Ground below the lawn, with the grindings raked back in or carted away.
Tree pruning
Your own trees trimmed off the roof, the pool and the paths.
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.
Bundall questions
Big shade by the basin, and bush behind the fence
What comes over the fence from Gladys Moncrieff Park?
Mostly leaves, seed and fronds. The park overlooks Moomba Basin, with tall palms around its paved central garden, and the City describes the rest of it as very shady, with lots of big trees. The park's trees are the council's, so the work on your side is keeping gutters, pool and drains clear and your own trees in check.
Can limbs from the reserve be cut back?
Ask the council first. The City Plan's vegetation management overlay maps part of Gold Market Drive Reserve in Bundall as High priority vegetation, so nothing is felled into it or dropped there, and an overhanging limb is put to the council before it is cut.
