Popular tree gets replacement

Nov. 25, 2014, 2 p.m.

FOLLOWING the removal of his favourite tree because of safety reasons, seven-year-old Dashiell King from Kiama decided to write to the council to voice his disappointment.

Dashiell and brother Arlen King. Picture: GEORGIA MATTS

Dashiell King and brother King with Council Tree Management Officer Michael Taylor and worker Arvid Vanags with the letter he sent to council. Picture: GEORGIA MATTS

FOLLOWING the removal of his favourite tree because of safety reasons, seven-year-old Dashiell King from Kiama decided to write to the council to voice his disappointment.

He was all smiles again recently though, as he helped the council plant a new native tree in its place at Bonaira Reserve.

The Kings' Girrawheen Avenue home is located almost directly opposite the reserve's playground equipment, where the original tree stood.

Michael Taylor, tree management officer at Kiama council said last year a resident expressed concerns with the eucalyptus tree, which had dropped a couple of branches during heavy winds.

The council inspected it and did some pruning work.

However, early this year after another wind storm, another branch fell off the tree.

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