Nowra Tree Service

Nowra Tree Service works out of a base in South Nowra and describes itself as having grown from "a straightforward idea: reliable, safe and honest tree work delivered by locals who care". The crew are qualified arborists carrying EWP, height safety and electrical awareness training, and the business works to SafeWork NSW guidance for arboriculture, with SWMS and insurance certificates handed over as a matter of course rather than on request.

Tree removal spans everything from a single backyard tree up to large tree removal, where rigging or a crane is the only sensible way to bring it down. Stump grinding takes out what is left behind, and land clearing deals with blocks and vegetation on a bigger scale. The gear runs to rigging, cranes, chippers, stump grinders and elevated work platforms, and the chip does not simply disappear: wood chipping and mulch supply is listed as a service in its own right.

On the maintenance side there is tree pruning and formative care, canopy thinning and weight reduction for trees carrying more limb than they can hold, hedge trimming, and palm cleaning and removal. Arborist reports round the list out for anyone who needs a written assessment to put in front of a council or an insurer.

The power line clearing work is the most specialised thing on the books, and the site spells it out properly rather than waving at it. Clearances follow Endeavour Energy rules, typically half a metre from insulated service lines and two metres from uninsulated ones, with an extra half metre in bushfire prone areas, and nothing happens inside the 3 metre no go zone that applies to untrained people. Pruning is done to AS 4373 using EWPs, insulated tools and spotters, and each job carries a documented risk assessment, method statements, toolbox talks and before and after photos.

Emergency tree work is available after hours for genuine emergencies, with the stated priority being to make the site safe first and sort the rest out afterwards. During severe weather the business says it stages crews locally to cut delays and give people an ETA instead of an open ended wait. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. The service area takes in Nowra, South Nowra, North Nowra, West Nowra, Bomaderry, Worrigee, Nowra Hill and Terara, and stretches across the Shoalhaven and up into the Illawarra.