An imperfect tree

Gregson Park.

Gregson Park ii 4.11.2012

I went to have a look at Gregson Park yesterday to see which trees are going. Might see you there listening to a Council mouthpiece on Wednesday. Or not.

Gregson Park litter 20.6.2012

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Ausgrid’s at Gregson Park 20.6.2012

Presumably nothing but watch out.

Another job half done. Gregson Park

Maybe NCC need to outsource their entire tree department.
When figs are felled in Brisbane the stump is ground at the same time.
What’s with the sociopaths here that they can’t do the same thing?

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Best tree in Gregson Park being neglected

How is it that all the Moreton May figs in Newcastle have such sparse foliage this year?
Could it be that Council failed to mulch them this year?

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Treehugger Saves Lives 4.6.2012

Thanks to a friend for this photo.
The fence in the photo is looking the worse for wear because a great lump of tree trunk had just fallen against it.
Fortunately the geniuses tree team from Council had blocked off this path with a piece of tape – over an hour after they started work.
Women with prams had been using the walkway and treehuggers
locals had been standing on the path watching.
In fact a friend tells me she felt the tape was put up to keep treehuggers like her out not to keep the public safe. Hence the title of the post.
I wonder why this had to be done on a Saturday? The park’s busiest time, a weekend, and the Sabbath for the Seventh Day Adventist Church across the street.
If Council didn’t have a pathological need for secrecy they would have put a sign on the tree announcing why it was being removed – not just one of the ‘Trees working for you’ signs – and a link on its website to the arborist report on the tree.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there’d been a fauna expert present to ensure no wildlife would be injured?
At least one of the locals is under the impression that the whole row of figs is dangerous and will be felled.
Wonder what QRAP NCC has told her and who was responsible.
The usual suspects, I presume.
As they say- 30 000 trees coming to you: as mulch.
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Monitored Moreton Bay 11.5.2012

If this tree were in California would it be ‘monitored’ or cared for?
Imagine the opportunities squandered by Newcastle Council’s tree team in the last decade.
So much information about maintaining assets like these could have been learned. Instead the focus was on spinning the truth to get rid of them.

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Gregson Park 10.5.2012

Beautiful morning to look at trees yesterday.

The Fall-Out from Laman Street 13.4.2012

The fall-out from Laman Street’s desertification is that all Newcastle’s large trees are in NCC’s firing line.