Where are the trees?
Good news: Council is upgrading 11 play areas around the Central Coast. Yay. Bad news: Council is NOT providing any shade at any of these areas. Boo. Email, Feb 26Phil…
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Tree destruction a disgrace
I draw your attention to an outrageous act of vandalism by Central Coast Council. This magnificent tree in the grounds of the Gosford Regional Gallery had dropped a couple of…
Tree vandalism suggestion
[FORUM] Council took action against tree vandals some years back by installing an old shipping container opposite the houses that faced the desecrated area. It stayed there until the area…
Grants available to plant more trees on Coast
Local groups and organisations have been encouraged to apply for grants to help plant trees across the Central Coast. The Planting Trees for the Queen’s Jubilee Program recognises the legacy…
GUST aims to keep growing as part of Peninsula Environment Group
Local community environment organisation, Grow Urban Shade Trees (GUST), has joined forces with the Peninsula Environment Group (PEG) to help focus on sustainable living on the Peninsula. Having worked with…
Future of Austin Butler trees still in community hands says Hart
A recommendation to reclassify Lot 1, 9 Austin Butler Acc, Woy Woy, as a precursor to its sale, was adopted by Administrator Rik Hart on July 27 even though he…
Trees on the Peninsula need to be preserved
Forum – On the Woy Woy Peninsula over a number of years, there has been an increasing trend to replace single dwelling houses with multi-unit developments (including a number of…
10,000 items planted across the Central Coast
About 3,000 trees, shrubs and grasses have been planted along Porters Creek in Wyong, completing a huge vegetation project which saw a total of 10,000 trees planted across the Central…
2,450 trees planted across the northern Central Coast
The Greater Bank’s 75-year anniversary celebrations continue on the Central Coast with a massive tree planting project being undertaken in conjunction with members of the community The bank, which has…
Replacement trees need to be identified as such
[Forum] When Mannering Park Progress Association asks Central Coast Council about developments that remove mature trees, we are told that there is a two for one replacement policy. This sounds…
Suitable trees under powerlines are a good idea
[Forum] I feel it is owed to the community to respond to the letter (Forum 17 Feb 2020) entitled “Peninsula has 1000 water bores”. On the matter of trees under…
Unless development changes, heat trend will continue
[Forum]In last edition (Peninsula News 476), it was reported that the Peninsula has the hottest suburbs on the Central Coast. Based on a report by Seed Consulting Services, whose findings…
Peninsula has hottest suburbs on the Coast
Ettalong, Umina, Booker Bay, and parts of Woy Woy are the hottest suburbs on the Central Coast, all measuring more than four degrees above average, a new report has found….
Praise all round as trees saved
Transport for NSW has announced that the section of road connecting Orchard Rd to its New Intercity Fleet rail maintenance facility site at Kangy Angy, is proposed to be re-classified…
Tree group prepares for National Tree Day
The Grow Urban Street Trees community group is preparing a day of tree planting for National Tree Day on Sunday, July 29. Group publicity officer Ms Debbie Sunartha that now…
Trees groups meet with councillors
The mayor and deputy mayor have met with members from the Council for the Trees outside the Gosford Chamber of Central Coast Council on Monday, October 23. The Council for…
Community group calls for Urban Forest Strategy for the Central Coast
The Kariong Eco Garden is calling on community members to sign a petition calling on Central Coast Council to Establish an Urban Forest Strategy for the Central Coast. The petition…
Another tree goes with a developer friendly decision
Another beautiful angophora tree has been culled from the area adjacent to the railway crossing, opposite Stoney Park, adjacent to the Rawson Rd railway crossing. This was a landmark tree…