Trees Be Going

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

My landlord and the realo's visited my place yesterday. Why you ask? To inspect the trees on the property. After deciding all the trees up against the house are to go, then he asked which other ones I would like removed.
So the big Jacaranda that blocks all the southern sky is to go as well!!!
Oh...this is going to be awesome. I've never lived anywhere where I have a clear view to the south.
So he was back today with the tree removal dude for another inspection.
By the time I get back from QLD Astrofest I'm going to have half a sky of objects I can shoot.

[glend (Glen)]

That's great news, the southern sky is so full of great targets in our hemisphere and as they rotate about the pole you can get to them all. I think that as long as you have the southern sky and the east you can cover just about everything that is 'special'.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

My landlord and the realo's visited my place yesterday. Why you ask? To inspect the trees on the property. After deciding all the trees up against the house are to go, then he asked which other ones I would like removed.
So the big Jacaranda that blocks all the southern sky is to go as well!!!
Oh...this is going to be awesome. I've never lived anywhere where I have a clear view to the south.
So he was back today with the tree removal dude for another inspection.
By the time I get back from QLD Astrofest I'm going to have half a sky of objects I can shoot.

Great news JJJ
Cheers

[pmrid (Peter)]

So you'll be getting even less sleep!
On the other hand, the loss of those trees will probably trigger that new mini-ice age we hear so much nonsense about! Endless cloud, continuous rain, increase in GST. The whole dsaster.
Peter

[LewisM]

I guess we can call Nettie's place One Chain Hill now

Was already -1° last time I was through Kilcoy - don't go making that worse

[h0ughy (David)]

will they be cutting them up for firewood for you JJJ? not counting the days but hopefully i may ask you in person on the 7th how the view may be

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

They're chipping the lot. I've asked them to leave me some for the gardens. Not the best mulch, but it's free.
I don't have a fire place, why would I need one here in Sunny QLD?
PS. we had snow last week, north west of where I am.

[Suzy]

Oh that's great news Nettie!
We had a a few trees removed from my place and surrounding neighbours here in Brisbane thanks to the November 2014 bad storm. Terrible storm and damage but wow, it's so great to have more sky.
Also, not long after the storm, a huge flame tree belonging to my back neighbours which took up most of my northern view, decided to cut it down to a stump - joy! No more red flowers stuck to my pavers and those pesky teeny yellow leaves which was my constant bane in cleaning up .

[RickS (Rick)]

Congrats, JJJ, on your expanded horizons

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

And I got a letter from the realos today, they've upped the rent. LOL typical. Can't complain, it's the first rent increase in the 4 years I've been here.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Good stuff Jeanette! You will get a good view of C/2013 US10 (Catalina).

[dylan_odonnell (Dylan)]

My Ryobi pole saw has been the best astronomical investment since the EQ6 mount

[RobF (Rob)]

Tureeeessss Dusappearrrr !!!!!!

Sounds like a great development for you Jeanette

[Renato1 (Renato)]

I shuddered when I read the title of this post.
We live in a nice really leafy suburb, but new neighbours moved in and last week they hired "Treesbgone" and started destroying most of the trees facing us across a gully (after the 2009 fires, most councils allow owners to remove trees within 2 to 4 meters of the fence and 10m of the house without a permit). They have gotten rid of about 30 trees so far, and destroyed the nice sanctuary my wife had in her Orchid house at the back of the property. We and our other neighbours are mystified - why move into a leafy suburb, buy a leafy block, then start mangling it? There are plenty of other blocks with less trees in the area.

By way of contrast, the neighbours on the other side of us wanted to remove 6 dead trees, they hired an arborist to do an assessment and write a report for council, and then it became a nightmare - the initial council requirements were that they had to get a surveyor to measure precisely where the trees were, and have a biodiversity impact assessment made by someone qualified.

By further way of contast, on my brother's property (in City of Greater Dandenong), in order to remove any tree - even one that he has planted - he requires a permit, part of which requires an Aboriginal Elder to come along and verify that there is nothing sacred about the tree.

Anyhow, as my new neighbours want to destroy their trees and have a nice view of my trees, I have been busy the last few days putting up a temporary privacy screen - consisting of iron stakes planted into the ground, to which I have attached rusty corrugated iron sheets of various sizes. It looks disgusting (but can't be seen from our house). Welcome to shanty town.
Regards,
Renato

[PCH (Paul)]

Hi Renato,

some very interesting points regarding the tree removal in various areas.

Just one question, - why does it bother you so much that your neighbour can see your 'trees' and your block in general I suppose you mean?

Why would you think they'd be interested enough to look? I'm just puzzled

Originally Posted by Renato1

I shuddered when I read the title of this post.
We live in a nice really leafy suburb, but new neighbours moved in and last week they hired "Treesbgone" and started destroying most of the trees facing us across a gully (after the 2009 fires, most councils allow owners to remove trees within 2 to 4 meters of the fence and 10m of the house without a permit). They have gotten rid of about 30 trees so far, and destroyed the nice sanctuary my wife had in her Orchid house at the back of the property. We and our other neighbours are mystified - why move into a leafy suburb, buy a leafy block, then start mangling it? There are plenty of other blocks with less trees in the area.

By way of contrast, the neighbours on the other side of us wanted to remove 6 dead trees, they hired an arborist to do an assessment and write a report for council, and then it became a nightmare - the initial council requirements were that they had to get a surveyor to measure precisely where the trees were, and have a biodiversity impact assessment made by someone qualified.

By further way of contast, on my brother's property (in City of Greater Dandenong), in order to remove any tree - even one that he has planted - he requires a permit, part of which requires an Aboriginal Elder to come along and verify that there is nothing sacred about the tree.

Anyhow, as my new neighbours want to destroy their trees and have a nice view of my trees, I have been busy the last few days putting up a temporary privacy screen - consisting of iron stakes planted into the ground, to which I have attached rusty corrugated iron sheets of various sizes. It looks disgusting (but can't be seen from our house). Welcome to shanty town.
Regards,
Renato

[Renato1 (Renato)]

Originally Posted by PCH

Hi Renato,

some very interesting points regarding the tree removal in various areas.

Just one question, - why does it bother you so much that your neighbour can see your 'trees' and your block in general I suppose you mean?

Why would you think they'd be interested enough to look? I'm just puzzled

Hi Paul,
I'll answer it with a question - why do most people build fences?

To me it seems they do so, so that they don't look into their neighbour's yards and vice versa. So because we're on one acre blocks separated by a gully, previous owners built their "fences" by growing trees. It's the general practice around here - wire fences for animals and trees for privacy, as paling fences would cost small fortunes, and in my case, wouldn't work anyway as we're both high on slopes.

So we have zero interest in watching them jump into their pool - but will be forced to do so - and my wife would like to walk out and feed the birds in the morning wearing a night gown without anyone seeing her.

So, they take away our privacy and wreck our views - and I give them the biggest eyesore for their friends and visitors to ponder. My other neighbour (who has also had his view damaged by the tree removal) has lots of old building materials hanging around in his discreet junk pile - and he has offered to lend it to me to add to the eyesore if need be.
Regards,
Renato

[clive milne]

Originally Posted by Renato1

I shuddered when I read the title of this post.
We live in a nice really leafy suburb, but new neighbours moved in and last week they hired "Treesbgone" and started destroying most of the trees facing us across a gully (after the 2009 fires, most councils allow owners to remove trees within 2 to 4 meters of the fence and 10m of the house without a permit). They have gotten rid of about 30 trees so far, and destroyed the nice sanctuary my wife had in her Orchid house at the back of the property. We and our other neighbours are mystified - why move into a leafy suburb, buy a leafy block, then start mangling it? There are plenty of other blocks with less trees in the area.

Anyhow, as my new neighbours want to destroy their trees and have a nice view of my trees, I have been busy the last few days putting up a temporary privacy screen - consisting of iron stakes planted into the ground, to which I have attached rusty corrugated iron sheets of various sizes. It looks disgusting (but can't be seen from our house). Welcome to shanty town.
Regards,
Renato

I wonder if he realises that he is looking at his perfect reflection across the gully.

[Renato1 (Renato)]

Originally Posted by clive milne

I wonder if he realises that he is looking at his perfect reflection across the gully.

We plant dozens of extra native trees and bushes - he destroys 30 or so native trees in the first stage of clearing, and lord knows the effect on the native wildlife.
He intends to destroy another 40 or so trees in the second stage, I demonstrate to him what he's going to be looking at if he does so (he and his wife may want to postpone their house warming indefinitely).
Where is the perfect reflection exactly?
Regards,
Renato

[clive milne]

I wasn't talking about the trees (or the fence)

[Renato1 (Renato)]

Originally Posted by clive milne

I wasn't talking about the trees (or the fence)

Then you choose to be deliberately cryptic in an unsupported assertion kind of way.
Cheers,
Renato