Almost everyone knows that trees and other living plants are valuable. They beautify our surroundings, purify our air, act as sound barriers, manufacture precious oxygen, and help us save energy through their cooling shade in summer and their wind reduction in winter. And above all they provide a home and food for a lot of animals like birds and insects. How can people in the suburbs of Perth be still so stupid to cut all those beautiful old trees down for stupid reasons like falling leaves...??? They seem to prefer concrete bunkers with a few tiny sprigs of green or worse, a plastic lawn, and high energy bills for the airco which is blowing all day long in summer and winter.
Our new neighbour cut at least 7 grown trees, most of them gums, a peppermint, a paperbark and a palm, at the front, side and back of his house. All Monday I heard the screaming noise of trees being cut and mulched up next door which gave me a stomach ache. And why? He owns about 3 cars, a boat and a trailer which he needs to park...
I'd foreseen this happening and asked the council about it, but they were annoyed with my question; everyone can do what they want on their property. There is no such law that you need a permit to cut trees of a certain diameter like in other countries. I am very dissapointed and in the past few months have seen several properties losing beautiful old trees which is part of our view and the reason we bought a house in the old part of Perth; the western suburbs. Not sure if they keep up the green as it starts to look like all those new bare patches of colorbond roofed McMansions in the outer suburbs...
I am ready to move to the country!
Update 7 June: Couple cop record $112K tree clearing fine
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