Here Here is a clip of some major tree felling. The tree in question was by some estimate close on a hundred years old, and unfortunately for it: was a Stone Pine ( not indigenous). I personally do not like cutting any tree down apart from Port Jackson, Wattles or young Blue Gums, but this particular specimen had to go. It was a massive tree and part of our ecosystem, but given the damage we have had to our dam recently and the heavy rainfalls we have been experiencing, add to that the propensity for this species to collapse in heavy winds…we decided to have it felled. Before it felled our winemakers house. Or into the road, which would have been disastrous for all our neighbours.
Pretty intense. Hear the hooter and the tires squealing? That is the bakkie being pulled backwards by the trees collapse. And no birds or nesting owls were harmed in the filming of this clip. Only my neighbours prize winning vineyard block. Shame.
