Category: News & Events

Promoting the Beauty of Trees

Sydney Tree Solutions is trying to encourage its clients and the general community to see that trees can be beautiful and should be treasured by home owners as an asset for many reasons.

Too many people think of Trees as a problem or a safety concern and they would rather remove these trees than manage them as an asset. People complain of not enough light, loss of views and falling branches, which are all problems that can easily be alleviated with correct management such as removal of dead branches and pruning practices.

We want people to look at their neighbours trees and go “ Wow, I wish we hadn’t cut that tree down last year, how cool does that look ! ”. We want to educate clients and the general public about the advantages of keeping trees but also about how majestic they can look.

Sydney Tree Solutions only uses solar powered lighting to minimise our carbon footprint  in any way possible and also to ensure they can be installed without the need for additional trenching and complex wiring. The lights are also easily affordable to everyone so its not restricted to only those with a large budget. They could be strings lights installed just for the festive season as with these images or more subtle landscape spot lights installed throughout the canopy to create a beautiful look all year round.

As a Tree contracting company that has been operating in Sydney for over a decade we see too many decisions made to remove trees rather than manage them, causing  the continued decline of the urban forest canopy. Many councils are helping tremendously to reduce this trend and lots of good work is being done but we also need to change the way that people actually perceive trees. They provide much needed shade, cleaner air, improve our microclimate, provide habitat and food for the local ecology and above all they can be greatly improve the aesthetics of the urban communities we live in.

For more information and details on Tree Lighting Solutions please contact Sydney Tree Solutions Pty Ltd.

For more images of Tree Lighting by Sydney Tree Solutions please view our gallery photos.

Australia’s fastest tree climbers race to Adelaide for National Tree Climbing Championships

The racers will compete in five qualifying events on Saturday, with the finalists progressing to the Master’s Challenge final on Sunday.

The sport began in the 1970s in America, with this year marking the 18th time the event has been held in Australia.

Although the games revolve around a person scaling a tree and performing various tasks, consulting arborist and games judge Michael Palamountain said the aiding technology used in the sport is evolving rapidly.

“We have a lot of mechanical equipment, mechanical ascenders and descenders, and innovation in the style of climbing,” Mr Palamountain said.

Competing at a state level from 1999 and a national event in 2001, Mr Palamountain said the sport is spectacular for competitors and onlookers alike.

“It’s a huge adrenalin rush competing up a tree,” he said.

With an expectation to complete the competition tasks with precision, speed and safety, Mr Palamountain said the pressure was intense for competitors.

“It’s a fantastic atmosphere,” he said.

More than just swinging in trees

The Australian Tree Climbing Championships consist of five preliminary rounds the competitors must complete to qualify for the finals.

The first round, a work climb, has the competitor placed on a working platform within the canopy.

They must then locate and ring several bells placed within the tree, with points allocated for speed, technique and safety.

In the second round competitors must complete an aerial rescue of a weighted dummy, placed in a tree, that is suffering from a simulated ailment.

The third round relies on a climber’s speed and accuracy as they attempt to hit several targets placed within the canopy with their weight and throw line.

Speed also counts heavily for the fourth round, where they must rope-climb-ascend as fast as they can and ring a bell secured at the top of a tree.

The final qualification round sees the competitor climb a tree using a “secured foot-lock” technique, where they must use a free-hanging rope to climb the tree and only use their hands and legs to advance.

The top qualifiers progress to the Master’s Challenge, which is a combination of several tasks that need to be completed within a 20-minute time window.

The winner of Master’s Challenge is crowned the Australian champion and qualifies to compete in the International Tree Climbing Championships.

“That’s a very big event, with competitors from Europe, New Zealand, Asia and America all competing for the world champion title,” Mr Palamountain said.

Mr Palamountain said the Americans lead the earlier international championships, in the 1990s German climbers emerged as the leaders and recently New Zealand has provided world champion winners.

Heats for the National Tree Climbing Championships will be held at Pinky Flat, War Memorial Drive, Adelaide on Saturday May 30, 2015, with the Master’s Final on Sunday.

We believe at Sydney Tree Solutions that our reputation and keeping our clients happy is absolutely essential to our success and strive to maintain the highest standards, providing expert arboricultural services delivered in a friendly, prompt and efficient manner that meets all budgetary expectations.

This attitude has not only generated many client recommendations but it has also given us a reputation within the industry as a company that can be relied on to deliver.