Good day to you all as 2013 comes to a close and a New year is about to start it is a good time to reflect on the past year and our achievements (which were many) and our not so memorable moments. I would like to thank all my clients and friends and wish you and your families all the best and may 2014 be all that you hope/plan for and your achievements be many

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Angophora Consulting Arborist is a proud sponsor of the Hazelbrook Football Club

Good day today I assessed a site where a new home has been built with the finishing touches been added. They asked me to assess several mature trees that are not healthy on investigating these trees are dead still with brown leaves having been killed during the construction. The builders stored building materials around base of the trees mix concrete and washed their equipment in the root zones.

This is now going to cost the owners several thousand of dollars to remove trees replant not to mention the loss of shade very important at this time of year to help keep the house cool. 

If they has contracted me before the construction occurred I could have set up a Tree Protection zones and tree managed procedures so this would have not occurred.

Good day another busy week leading up towards Christmas on Monday I assessed a very large Eucalyptus tree in the Blue Mountains using a Elevated work Platform cheery picker to conduct a aerial inspection. The defect noticed from a visible inspection from the ground was of damage to the trunk where a previous tear out (Loss of a branch) the good news after using a 300mm steel probe and a rubber mallet determined the defect was solid, We did disturb a ring tail possum while conducting the assessment.

Also along with my other community involvements and donations this week I donated $500 AUS dollars to support and buy medical equipment for a Burmese hospital. This came about after a mate who has Burmese friends visited Myanmar (Burma) and he was going to donate money to the hospital and upon hearing this I thought it was worthwhile. The Village  is called Thabyu village, Kawa township, Yangon division.

Good day It has been a very busy period with several Development application needed to be completed by Christmas working 7 days at the moment to meet all clients time line. On Monday spending a nice day working in the University of Western Sydney Campbelltown campus assessing approx.. 110 trees their health and Structurally integrity to determine their safety and suitability for this campus

Good day Today I was fortunately enough to be invited to University of Western Sydney’s research area at their Hawkesbury Campus Richmond NSW where I was shown around 2 site the first The Hawkesbury Forest experiment Whole tree Chambers area this area was the fore runner of the second site the EucFace Experiment Australia’s largest Climate change Facility.

 

I would like to thank Roger Attwater Senior Manager Environment & Risk Capital Works and facilities UWS for arranging this visit

It is amazing to see how much research that they are doing on how Climate change is going to affect our trees with many researches and research projects occurring from the tip of the trees to the soil.

 

This research will not only be valuable to those involved in the urban forest (Street, Park, and residential Trees) but also all of who love and enjoy our gardens.