Educational Tree Themed Activity Sheets
Parents/Educators – check out these excellent activity sheets to celebrate all things trees, thanks to the National Tree Day organisation and Planet Ark: treeday.planetark.org/toolkit/#activity-sheets Particularly perfect for rainy days indoors or home schooling! (Not sure if we’re out of the woods with that one just yet.) Naturally we encourage using recycled paper if printing! Why […]
Chatting to NSW’s Best Business Chamber
We took a quick break off a job on site recently to chat all things business, challenges and awards for a chat with Paul from the award winning Corrimal Chamber of Commerce (voted #1 at the NSW Business Chamber Awards). ‘Boultee’ as he’s commonly known (by many!) took time out from his own busy schedule […]
Win a visit from Wollongong’s own Tree Whisperer to your school to celebrate National Tree Day
Would you like a visit from The Tree Whisperer to your school to celebrate National Tree Day 2020? While we all know trees are for life and not just National Tree Day, it is one of the biggest days on the calendar for anyone as passionate about trees, and the key role they play in […]
Look what we discovered inside a school’s tree trunk…
Just another day on the job as we uncovered a busy beehive inside a tree we were removing from local school Russell Vale Public School! We were doing some removals and pruning from the school grounds before the students fully returned plus on weekends when none were present (so it was safer), and we […]
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS: We’re here for you and your trees
We’re still here, caring for your trees. Unlike many other small, local family businesses that have unfortunately been directly affected by the Coronavirus causing them to close, we’re still climbing and caring for trees however some of our operations may be affected. Thank you for your patience and for continuing to support local small businesses. […]
Wollongong city’s famous tree is no more
Sad to see it go: One of Wollongong’s most recognised and much loved trees Heavy winds recently brought down the large, iconic gum tree at the front of Wollongong’s Art Gallery. While the tree was beyond being saved, luckily no-one was hurt and there was only minor damage done to the building’s fourth floor balcony […]
ENDANGERED ‘ILLAWARRA IRENE’ HERB FLOURISHING FOLLOWING RAIN
The endangered Illawarra Irene is a type of herb that is only found between Wollongong and the Shoalhaven River, mainly near waterfalls in the escarpment. Senior Threatened Species Officer with the NSW Department of Environment, Jedda Lemmon, said there had been very few sightings of the plant in the past four years due to the […]
Caring + Connected Communities during Coronavirus Crisis
We are so proud to see so many of our neighbours, friends, customers, clients and entire community – many of whom are still being impacted by the South Coast NSW fires – come together to connect (even if it’s just online) and help eachother out in whatever way they can.The lengths that some people are […]
Home Schooling + Home Working: Survival of the Fittest
Whilst we’re all still trying our best to adapt to how our world’s been thrown upside down in the past couple of weeks, there definitely seems to be more of an acceptance that this is the way things are for the foreseeable future. Amidst the understandable anxieties surrounding homeschooling, working from home (for those that […]
Australian Bushfire Revival: Roads to Recovery in Pictures
When the recent bushfires swept through our South Coast communities, it seemed like our stunning and much-loved landscape was lost forever. However we see on a daily basis how it is showing new signs of life – thanks to Mother Nature. Check out this excellent edition of local magazine South Coaster (see P12-14), which features […]
