School holidays is a great time for a tree tour of Sydney, and where better to start than the eastern suburbs? I saw canopies forming cathedral arches of trees all over the place when I went down there last week.
How alarmed, though, was I to see that Australia’s richest people are apparently risking their lives on a daily basis, walking, sitting and driving under dangerous fig trees. (more…)
An oldie but a goodie: one of my greatest honours: banned from a chainsaw website
MEDIA RELEASE
Newcastle City Council can’t say the Laman Street trees are unsafe:
NO risk assessment is current (more…)
I am ashamed to say that once again my Council has treated an eminent expert shabbily.
As I said at the Fig Forum, there’s nothing to be gained and quite a bit to lose for arboricultural and risk experts to help Newcastle people try to preserve the Laman St trees.
I’m extremely grateful that such knowledgeable and respected experts as Mike Ellison have given us their time and advice.
I should not have been surprised that within the blink of an eye an internal memo critiquing Mr Ellison’s work appeared. (more…)
How fantastic it is to receive Mike Ellison’s report on Laman Street. (more…)
Mike Ellison interrupted his visit to Laman Street today to talk to the media. (more…)
This is the media release we sent out yesterday about the visit to Newcastle by the developer of Quantified tree risk assessment , Mike Ellison, sponsored by Save Our Figs.
From the questions I’ve had about this from journalists today, I look forward to stories about his objectivity in the press tomorrow. (more…)
As usual, I’m still obsessing about risk and the definition of tree failure. I couldn’t stand it any more so I sought (more) advice. I do like to able to argue intelligently with my cyber bullies. (more…)
Well, I’m almost speechless. Last night (22.6.11) was an emergency meeting of the Laman Street Working Party. Since it’s all about the vibe, I’ll just say that the vibe was mostly pretty irritating.
On my way to a meeting this afternoon I took a photo for a friend of these wonderful aerial roots at the western end of Laman Street – that’s the end of the street where the trees have so far escaped the beady eye of the QTRA assessor. (more…)
Laman Street’s figs are safe for now as Judge Briscoe in the Land and Environment Court has reserved his decision. Until this is handed down, the injunction remains and council cannot fell the trees. (more…)
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