by Don Palmer | Sep 29, 2023 | Significant Trees
Council is all talk no action. That is what I heard one woman say recently about our tree canopy strategy as I watched multiple regulated trees being removed from a house property adjacent to the Clarence Park Rail Station. I heard her say this as she passed me to...
by Don Palmer | Jun 9, 2021 | Significant Trees
We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A Significant Opportunity to Protect Significant trees. You can nominate potential NEW trees for the Significant Tree List. Any tree meeting the Regulated or Significant Trees criteria is automatically protected under...
by Don Palmer | Apr 26, 2021 | Significant Trees
Neighbours of 11 Addison Road are distraught. They have witnessed first-hand how the State Government Development Regulations favour development over trees. The owner of 11 Addison Road applied for development approval some time ago now to convert his single...
by Don Palmer | Aug 22, 2020 | Goodwood Oval, Significant Trees
Earlier this year you may remember reading my blog post on the yet another branch failure to our beloved Port Jackson Fig on the northern mound at Goodwood Oval. This followed on from major branch failures back in 2016, again which I blogged on. Immediately...
by Don Palmer | Nov 16, 2017 | Significant Trees
In the absence of our Mayor, I attended today’s Local Government Association AGM. It was a good day for me, and I expect everyone in our community will be pleased with the result. On behalf of Unley Council I was able to address a problem with our State’s Development...
by Don Palmer | Jun 21, 2016 | Goodwood Oval, Significant Trees
Staff and I met today on site at Goodwood Oval as part of an exercise to resolve where to from here for the Fig Tree. First up I can confirm that the tree will remain. It has had it’s necessary trimming and now we need to ensure now that we are definitely...
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