Callala Tree Services

Callala Tree Services works the villages on the northern side of Jervis Bay, based at Callala itself. The team are certified arborists with more than 15 years of combined experience behind them, safety trained and fully insured, and Anthony is the name customers keep coming back to when they talk about a job. The start time tells you something as well: the crew is out and working from 6am.

What sets the business apart is that it leads with tree health rather than removal, which is not the usual pitch from a tree company. Its own words are worth quoting: "Trees give us happiness. They are a part of our homes. We love them. But trees can get sick." The stated aim is Safer Trees & Gardens, getting on top of a problem before trouble strikes rather than waiting until a limb has already come down on a fence or a roof.

Tree removal covers the trees that are past saving, or the ones sitting somewhere they simply cannot stay. Tree pruning is the other half of that equation, keeping a tree in shape, taking weight out of heavy limbs and lifting a canopy off a roofline before any of it turns into a hazard. Stump removal finishes a removal off properly, taking the stump out rather than leaving it to sit in the lawn slowly rotting and sprouting.

Land clearing is there for blocks that need opening up, common enough around the bay where a bush block is being made ready to build on or a property has quietly disappeared under regrowth. Wood chipping and tree mulching handle what comes off the job, putting the limbs through a chipper and turning them into mulch on the spot instead of carting whole trees off to be dealt with somewhere else.

The service area takes in Callala Bay, Callala Beach, Culburra Beach, Currarong and Orient Point, across the northern Shoalhaven. The crew runs Monday to Saturday, 6am to 6pm, and the business says it replies to every enquiry within one working day, worked through according to urgency. Having a certified arborist based in the village rather than an hour up the highway counts for something out this way.