I know a few people who have some experience in trying to maintain trees – they’d be perfect for a job advertised at Newcastle City Council yesterday. (more…)
Archive for June, 2012
A Job to Apply For 1.7.2012
June 30, 2012This is how grateful they are 30.6.2012
June 29, 2012
The photo below is of a letter I received yesterday from Newcastle City Council along with its empty envelope.
Bye, bye blackbird
June 29, 2012
Or magpie or native cuckoo shrike or tawny frog mouth.
Something would have been using these (Chatham Rd, Broadmeadow) trees.
Doesn’t matter. They won in Laman Street. NCC can take out any tree they like now.
The $2mill was worth it.
30.6.2012: I was reminded by a friend of a Council meeting in ??2010 where John Johnston, infrastructure something-or-other, briefed Councillors about trees. He told them that NCC only remove trees if they’re unstable. This was just after a row of native trees had been removed from King Street to do up the footpath. Stable schmable.
School’s Out 29.6.2012
June 29, 2012How many meetings do you think were held to arrange roadworks at a local high school?
Karma Brad
June 29, 2012Ravenshaw Street fig 26.6.2012
June 24, 2012
The short typically-amateurish video below is of the fig in the last post. (more…)
Ravenshaw Street 24.6.2012
June 24, 2012
I’ve written to Council to ask whether a branch on this tree needs to be pruned. (more…)
