Norlane
Tree removal in Norlane
Tree removal, pruning and emergency work in Norlane, from narrow cypresses beside the fence to a tree that has come down in a wind.
Tree work in Norlane
Hibiscus pods, cypress columns and the Ford palms
The City of Greater Geelong's tree records list 154 of its 689 Norfolk Island hibiscus under Norlane, more than under any other suburb. The tree's seed pods are packed with fine, irritating hairs, so pruning or removing one is done in gloves, long sleeves and eye protection, and the pods and leaf litter are bagged rather than left on lawns and paths.
The City's records also list 227 of its 936 Italian cypresses under Norlane, again the most under any suburb. An Italian cypress grows as a tall, narrow column of dense foliage, so one leaning toward a fence or a roof is taken apart from the top in short sections, and the resinous foliage makes a bulky load to chip and cart away.
When the Ford Motor Company Complex was added to the Victorian Heritage Register in 2013, its statement of significance recorded six Canary Island palms lining the front of the buildings and adding to their formal presentation. A mature palm of that kind carries a heavy crown and sharp spines at the base of its fronds, so trimming one is climbing or elevated platform work, with the fronds lowered on ropes.
Sources: Trees dataset, City of Greater Geelong (Geelong Data Exchange), Norfolk Island hibiscus (retrieved 15/10/2026); Trees dataset, City of Greater Geelong (Geelong Data Exchange), Italian cypresses (retrieved 15/10/2026); Ford Motor Company Complex (H2305), Victorian Heritage Database (retrieved 15/10/2026); Geelong massive power outage as winds batter city, Geelong Advertiser (retrieved 15/10/2026)
Services in Norlane
Tall cypresses, hairy seed pods and fallen trees
Tree removal
Italian cypresses and other tall, narrow trees taken down from the top, a short length at a time.
Tree pruning
Hibiscus and other garden trees cut back from roofs, paths and fences, with the clippings bagged.
Emergency tree removal
Trees and limbs a strong wind has split or blown over made safe, then cut up and carted off.
What it costs: tree removal cost, stump grinding cost
Compared: removal, lopping or pruning, stump grinding or stump removal, council tree rules compared
How it works
From the first call to a clear garden
Nothing happens without a written quote you have agreed to.
Tell us about the tree
Call or send the form with the tree and what is worrying you.
A contractor comes to see it
A local tree contractor looks at the tree, the access and whatever sits underneath it, because a quote off a photo misses the things that change the job.
A written quote
The quote sets out the scope, what happens to the timber and the stump, and the date. It is the contractor's quote, and nothing starts until you accept it.
The work and the clean up
On the day the tree is dealt with as quoted, the green waste leaves on the truck and the lawn is raked.
Norlane questions
The Ford frontage palms and trees the wind brings down
Can the Ford complex palms be taken out?
Only with a heritage permit. The permit exemptions in the complex's 2013 heritage listing cover repair and maintenance of hard and soft landscaping, but they state that removal of the frontage palm trees is not exempt, so that work waits on a permit from Heritage Victoria. Where it is unclear whether a job needs one, the register suggests asking its permits coordinator first.
What if a tree is leaning toward the house?
Have it looked at before storm season, while there is time to plan the job. When strong winds swept the Geelong region on 9 October 2016, one tree down in Norlane was among the emergency calls the Geelong Advertiser listed. A tree that splits or falls in a wind becomes an urgent make safe job, cut up in sections where it lies and then cleared.
