Currumbin Waters
Tree removal in Currumbin Waters
Tree removal, storm damage and stump grinding in Currumbin Waters, from the Marlin Waters canals to the creek flats and the edge of Hidden Valley Reserve.
Tree work in Currumbin Waters
Canal lots, creek flats and an old gum forest
In the early 1980s a canal estate named Marlin Waters was formed on the east side of Currumbin Creek, with a conventional residential estate laid out on the other side. On the canal lots the back yard ends at the water, so a tree near the edge is lowered in sections toward the house, nothing is let fall into the canal, and every piece goes out the front of the block to the truck.
Currumbin Waters Park is mapped with broad-leaved paperbark and swamp oak open forest on alluvium, with grey mangrove open forest and marine couch grassland on marine deposits. Paperbarks and swamp oaks root shallowly in low, wet ground, and once it is saturated a leaning one goes over more easily. Soft lawns on those flats keep heavy machines off until they dry, or the machines go in on mats.
Hidden Valley Reserve protects a remnant of the original gum forest of the Tugun and Currumbin area, including an endangered regional ecosystem of blackbutt forest, and its many tree hollows house sugar gliders and brushtail possums. If a big old gum on a private block beside the reserve has to come down, every hollow is looked into before the saw starts. Trees on the reserve side are council land.
Services in Currumbin Waters
Canal edges, soft flats and tall weed gums
Tree removal
Tall cadaghi and gums taken down in sections where a fence, a roof or the canal leaves no room to drop them.
Storm damage
Paperbarks and swamp oaks tipped over on sodden ground made safe after heavy rain.
Stump grinding
Stumps on canal lots ground out, with the machine brought in from the street side.
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.
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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.
Currumbin Waters questions
Weed gums, bushfire mapping and covenants on titles
Is a cadaghi in the yard a weed?
Yes, in the City's own records. They list 87 cadaghi, Corymbia torelliana, inside Currumbin Waters, every one flagged as a weed, the tallest recorded at 21 metres. Those on the private side of a fence are the owner's to deal with, and the ones in streets and parks are the City's.
When should limbs near Hidden Valley Reserve be cut back?
Before the fire season. In the City Plan, a bushfire hazard overlay rates parts of Hidden Valley Reserve as Very High Potential Bushfire Intensity, and other parts High or Potential Impact Buffer. On a block that shares that boundary, it pays to rake up fallen bark, keep limbs off the roof and gutters, and lift branches that hang low over the yard.
Can a title covenant stop a tree coming out?
It can. The City's environmental covenants map shows 15 environmental protection covenant areas lying wholly inside Currumbin Waters. A covenant registered on a title can restrict removing vegetation inside its area, so the title and the map are checked before a tree on that part of a block is quoted, and the City's consent may be needed.
