Eric Frei's pics

Garry Brockley · 8th May 2011, 03:56 PM

Yep the old 660 hammered through them but they were unbelievably heavy sections to work. with a very hard outer core to break through.
and no they were hand rolled and lifted onto my tuck couldn't justify the kanga for 3 meters really, three loads of cuban= 4 tonnes

TrevMcRev · 9th May 2011, 09:24 AM

Man, they are some big palms, you deserve a

after those!

Bowani Siam · 9th May 2011, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric Frei

too nice a saw to shove into some mofo palm.

hahahahahaha!!!! Them's some serious palms. Never get any like that in Sydney except Canarys.

This pic makes him look about 3' tall! hahahahahaha!!!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric Frei

Garry Brockley · 9th May 2011, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by very_sarcastic

hahahahahaha!!!! Them's some serious palms. Never get any like that in Sydney except Canarys.

This pic makes him look about 3' tall! hahahahahaha!!!!!

hey im actually 4ft 2 1/2 i dont look that small it was a big palm.............

nah im 6ft 2 actually but hadyou going for a minute

Bowani Siam · 10th May 2011, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garry Brockley

hey im actually 4ft 2 1/2 i dont look that small it was a big palm.............

nah im 6ft 2 actually but hadyou going for a minute

Guys, did you hear something? Oh sorry Garry... didn't see you down there!

Ace Master · 12th May 2011, 10:28 PM

Bit of old armstong power , makes you

cheers
ACE

Garry Brockley · 13th May 2011, 08:18 PM

i actually had a rope on those just for more control as there was a car port next to it.

Eric Frei · 8th August 2011, 09:55 PM

Some tree TLC today on the infected spottygums.

The tool, a Stihl BT45 with 25mm dia tungsten tip drill to bore a series of holes ....

Then apply the jungle juice, a special blend after getting the soil test results back.

Eric Frei · 13th August 2011, 02:10 PM

Customer @ 80 years old doesn't want to lose the tree, or see it broken etc.

Pruning or reducing the RH leader would make a huge hole in the canopy and spoil the aesthetics plus invite sunburn to exposed upper limbs.

Solution:- Dynamic cable.

Garry Brockley · 13th August 2011, 06:11 PM

That system is so easy to install and a very effective way to prevent possible damage

Eric Frei · 19th August 2011, 11:41 AM

My fishing spot is getting over run by a boom of seeds washing up from mangroves!

Eric Frei · 27th October 2011, 05:52 PM

A skeletonised gum leaf deep in the Lamington National Park rain forest.

We went in a little further than Burraboomba falls to do the Toolona Creek Circuit but a storm was rolling in, we retreated and walked back between Bijungwin Cascades and Burraboomba Falls, the track was getting boggy and the storm had not hit yet, we were getting the odd drops of rain. Anyway at this point you are about 10kms in and it's an uphill 2.5hours maybe 2 hours to get out from where we were. Light was poor and it was dark, thunder echoes in the valley. We made it back to O'Reillys and within 30 minutes a severe storm hit. I decided to high tail it out with 3 kids and 2 creek crossings to account for, kids were between 8yo and 12yo. But got this pic of Burraboomba falls, not many get this far I'd say by the lone walker that passed us.

Jeff Darby · 27th October 2011, 06:30 PM

Great photo of a skeletonised leaf...

and a beautiful shot of the cascading waterfall...

Rob Chace · 27th October 2011, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Darby

Great photo of a skeletonised leaf...:thumbs: and a beautiful shot of the cascading waterfall...

and another shot with Eric's meat claw hand s in it!!! :P
just stirring mate

Jeff Darby · 27th October 2011, 09:02 PM

Hey Eric did you see the two "Bunyips" watching you while you were there? top right hand side in about 4 cms in and about 3.5cms down from the top....

Eric Frei · 27th October 2011, 09:22 PM

LOL, I see NOTHIN!

Rob Chace · 28th October 2011, 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Darby

Hey Eric did you see the two "Bunyips" watching you while you were there? top right hand side in about 4 cms in and about 3.5cms down from the top....

4cmcm in and about 3.5cm down from the top ????

Eric Frei · 25th November 2011, 10:50 AM

Often when pruning you'll hear the terms DDDD

WTF? you say.

Well, DDDD stands for:-

Dead
Dying
Diseased
Dysfunctional

So this branch wasn't really dead, diseased or dying .... but certainly dysfunctional.

Eric Frei · 25th November 2011, 11:00 AM

Blueberry ash tree getting spasmodic branches die, hmm, must investigate.

Climb tree, check over carefully, look very closely where dead branch attachment is. I find borers tend to hang out around branch unions. They eat the cambium just beneath the bark which in turn stops the vascular flow = branch death. The holes to find for this one were tiny and we got 1 borer in there was maybe 1mm diameter and 3mm long, tiny bugger.

Here's the pics (but no borer pic here as I squashed it!).

Eric Frei · 4th December 2011, 06:49 PM

Brisbane > Ipswich > Warwick > Inglewood > destination Goondiwindi.

Return Goondiwindi > Texas via hwy 44 (but took Tucka Tucka road as great scenery) > Stanthorpe > Warwick > return Brisbane.

It was very green out west, I was absolutely stunned by the volume of trees and especially habitat trees. Frankly it makes me realise how insignificant in the grand scheme of things it is to carry on about saving a tree in suburbia or risking them as they decline (dying trees are extremely valuable for habitat but space is an issue in suburbia). There was trees all the way, everywhere you looked and lots of them were busting up for habitat. I cannot recall it ever being such from my childhood days, it was incredible to see including many on even farm pastures.

There was tons of wildlife, birds, lizards, snakes, frogs etc .....

I'd love to do that gravel road on the NSW side of the river between Texas and Goondiwindi, but you have to be careful for flooding. Last week the river rose dramatically at Goondwindi, went up maybe 6m from rain early in the week. The levy just saved them earlier this year too, there's only a levy on the QLD side, let the cockroaches drown eh.

Anyway, here's some pics. It's quite a list.

Warwick main street with Canary Island date palms and Claret Ash trees

Another street in Warwick with London Planes

Inglewood main street

Dingo fence at Yelarbon

Macintyre river at Goondiwindi, picture is from on top of levy.

Eric Frei · 4th December 2011, 07:00 PM

Goondiwindi sign

Goondiwindi main street, epic fail on species selection and ugly planter boxes.

Out in the sticks on Tucka Tucka road .... a whole series of pics on this area.

Eric Frei · 4th December 2011, 07:07 PM

3' goanna was eating a run over wallaby on the side of the road between Texas and Stanthorpe, I pulled over to get a shot and it ran up an ironbark!

Beautiful cedars in Stanthorpe

But they are full of these spikes from the cones that rot off!

Not a whole lot of street scaping like the other towns but this was neat.

Jeff Darby · 4th December 2011, 09:20 PM

Some great photos there, some of those outback trees are in bad nick. looks like you had a good time...

Eric Frei · 7th December 2011, 08:39 PM

Video

Beautiful habitat trees near Goondiwindi - YouTube

Drouin Tree Service · 8th December 2011, 06:01 AM

Nice pics its good to get out and about and off the beaten track.

I would like to do a few days here near gondawindi.

Wandibindle Station - Pig and Kangaroo Shooting Camping Hunting Property in Queensland Australia

Eric Frei · 20th December 2011, 03:52 PM

Roma's big bottle tree and Cunningham Weir

Video to watch

Rivers west of Brisbane - YouTube

Tony Knight · 21st December 2011, 06:09 AM

Magnificicant video and pics Eric, it would be great to tour that part of the world. To much of the sunburnt country and so little time...

Cheers

Tony

KevinE · 22nd December 2011, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric Frei

Roma's big bottle tree and Cunningham Weir

Video to watch

Rivers west of Brisbane - YouTube

Great pics Eric! I love Queensland, time to come back I think!

Eric Frei · 18th May 2012, 07:47 PM

Big gum stump near Queen Mary Falls 10kms from Killarney (oh the weight loss has been going great

)

And here's Queen Mary Falls shot with a 10 second shutter.

And not far away is Browns Falls, bit of a mongrel walk up the creek but along the way you'll stuff like this (8 second shutter)....

And here's Brown's Falls (very difficult to photograph 0.1second shutter) ...

Drouin Tree Service · 18th May 2012, 11:05 PM

Getting good with the camera!!!

8th May 2011, 03:56 PM	#151
Garry Brockley Bayside Tree Care Brisbane Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Aus Posts: 1,641	Re: Ekka's pics Yep the old 660 hammered through them but they were unbelievably heavy sections to work. with a very hard outer core to break through. and no they were hand rolled and lifted onto my tuck couldn't justify the kanga for 3 meters really, three loads of cuban= 4 tonnes __________________ My business:- Brisbane Bayside Tree Care

9th May 2011, 09:24 AM	#152
TrevMcRev Mature Tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Posts: 1,594	Re: Ekka's pics Man, they are some big palms, you deserve a after those!

12th May 2011, 10:28 PM	#156
Ace Master Mature tree Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Australia, Vic, Melbourne Posts: 385	Re: Ekka's pics Bit of old armstong power , makes you cheers ACE __________________ Website: The Mt Dandenong Ranges Tree Specialists YouTube: Ace Tree Master

13th May 2011, 08:18 PM	#157
Garry Brockley Bayside Tree Care Brisbane Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Aus Posts: 1,641	Re: Ekka's pics i actually had a rope on those just for more control as there was a car port next to it. __________________ My business:- Brisbane Bayside Tree Care

8th August 2011, 09:55 PM	#158
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	Re: Eric Frei's pics Some tree TLC today on the infected spottygums. The tool, a Stihl BT45 with 25mm dia tungsten tip drill to bore a series of holes .... Then apply the jungle juice, a special blend after getting the soil test results back. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

13th August 2011, 02:10 PM	#159
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	Re: Eric Frei's pics Customer @ 80 years old doesn't want to lose the tree, or see it broken etc. Pruning or reducing the RH leader would make a huge hole in the canopy and spoil the aesthetics plus invite sunburn to exposed upper limbs. Solution:- Dynamic cable. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

13th August 2011, 06:11 PM	#160
Garry Brockley Bayside Tree Care Brisbane Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Aus Posts: 1,641	Re: Eric Frei's pics That system is so easy to install and a very effective way to prevent possible damage __________________ My business:- Brisbane Bayside Tree Care

19th August 2011, 11:41 AM	#161
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	Re: Eric Frei's pics My fishing spot is getting over run by a boom of seeds washing up from mangroves! Attached Thumbnails __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

27th October 2011, 05:52 PM	#162
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	Re: Eric Frei's pics A skeletonised gum leaf deep in the Lamington National Park rain forest. We went in a little further than Burraboomba falls to do the Toolona Creek Circuit but a storm was rolling in, we retreated and walked back between Bijungwin Cascades and Burraboomba Falls, the track was getting boggy and the storm had not hit yet, we were getting the odd drops of rain. Anyway at this point you are about 10kms in and it's an uphill 2.5hours maybe 2 hours to get out from where we were. Light was poor and it was dark, thunder echoes in the valley. We made it back to O'Reillys and within 30 minutes a severe storm hit. I decided to high tail it out with 3 kids and 2 creek crossings to account for, kids were between 8yo and 12yo. But got this pic of Burraboomba falls, not many get this far I'd say by the lone walker that passed us. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

27th October 2011, 06:30 PM	#163
Jeff Darby Moderator - Previously known as JayD Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TreeWorld, Sydney Australia Posts: 2,059	Re: Eric Frei's pics Great photo of a skeletonised leaf... and a beautiful shot of the cascading waterfall... __________________ Member: Australian Tree Association Join the Australian Tree Association...Have your voice heard ! Arboriculture, A life long study for some, a passing phase for others © Jeffrey J Darby 2011

27th October 2011, 09:02 PM	#165
Jeff Darby Moderator - Previously known as JayD Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TreeWorld, Sydney Australia Posts: 2,059	Re: Eric Frei's pics Hey Eric did you see the two "Bunyips" watching you while you were there? top right hand side in about 4 cms in and about 3.5cms down from the top.... __________________ Member: Australian Tree Association Join the Australian Tree Association...Have your voice heard ! Arboriculture, A life long study for some, a passing phase for others © Jeffrey J Darby 2011 Last edited by Jeff Darby; 28th October 2011 at 06:03 AM. Reason: helping Sgt Shultz...

27th October 2011, 09:22 PM	#166
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	Re: Eric Frei's pics LOL, I see NOTHIN! Attached Thumbnails __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

25th November 2011, 10:50 AM	#168
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	DDDD pruning Often when pruning you'll hear the terms DDDD WTF? you say. Well, DDDD stands for:- Dead Dying Diseased Dysfunctional So this branch wasn't really dead, diseased or dying .... but certainly dysfunctional. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

25th November 2011, 11:00 AM	#169
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	Re: Eric Frei's pics Blueberry ash tree getting spasmodic branches die, hmm, must investigate. Climb tree, check over carefully, look very closely where dead branch attachment is. I find borers tend to hang out around branch unions. They eat the cambium just beneath the bark which in turn stops the vascular flow = branch death. The holes to find for this one were tiny and we got 1 borer in there was maybe 1mm diameter and 3mm long, tiny bugger. Here's the pics (but no borer pic here as I squashed it!). Attached Thumbnails __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

4th December 2011, 06:49 PM	#170
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	road trip Brisbane > Ipswich > Warwick > Inglewood > destination Goondiwindi. Return Goondiwindi > Texas via hwy 44 (but took Tucka Tucka road as great scenery) > Stanthorpe > Warwick > return Brisbane. It was very green out west, I was absolutely stunned by the volume of trees and especially habitat trees. Frankly it makes me realise how insignificant in the grand scheme of things it is to carry on about saving a tree in suburbia or risking them as they decline (dying trees are extremely valuable for habitat but space is an issue in suburbia). There was trees all the way, everywhere you looked and lots of them were busting up for habitat. I cannot recall it ever being such from my childhood days, it was incredible to see including many on even farm pastures. There was tons of wildlife, birds, lizards, snakes, frogs etc ..... I'd love to do that gravel road on the NSW side of the river between Texas and Goondiwindi, but you have to be careful for flooding. Last week the river rose dramatically at Goondwindi, went up maybe 6m from rain early in the week. The levy just saved them earlier this year too, there's only a levy on the QLD side, let the cockroaches drown eh. Anyway, here's some pics. It's quite a list. Warwick main street with Canary Island date palms and Claret Ash trees Another street in Warwick with London Planes Inglewood main street Dingo fence at Yelarbon Macintyre river at Goondiwindi, picture is from on top of levy. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

4th December 2011, 07:00 PM	#171
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	Re: Eric Frei's pics Goondiwindi sign Goondiwindi main street, epic fail on species selection and ugly planter boxes. Out in the sticks on Tucka Tucka road .... a whole series of pics on this area. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

4th December 2011, 07:07 PM	#172
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	Re: Eric Frei's pics 3' goanna was eating a run over wallaby on the side of the road between Texas and Stanthorpe, I pulled over to get a shot and it ran up an ironbark! Beautiful cedars in Stanthorpe But they are full of these spikes from the cones that rot off! Not a whole lot of street scaping like the other towns but this was neat. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

4th December 2011, 09:20 PM	#173
Jeff Darby Moderator - Previously known as JayD Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TreeWorld, Sydney Australia Posts: 2,059	Re: Eric Frei's pics Some great photos there, some of those outback trees are in bad nick. looks like you had a good time... __________________ Member: Australian Tree Association Join the Australian Tree Association...Have your voice heard ! Arboriculture, A life long study for some, a passing phase for others © Jeffrey J Darby 2011

8th December 2011, 06:01 AM	#175
Drouin Tree Service Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,727	Re: Eric Frei's pics Nice pics its good to get out and about and off the beaten track. I would like to do a few days here near gondawindi. Wandibindle Station - Pig and Kangaroo Shooting Camping Hunting Property in Queensland Australia __________________ Drouin Tree Services \| Excavator Hire - Drouin and SE Gippsland \| Landclearing Melbourne

21st December 2011, 06:09 AM	#177
Tony Knight Mature tree Join Date: May 2011 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 311	Re: Eric Frei's pics Magnificicant video and pics Eric, it would be great to tour that part of the world. To much of the sunburnt country and so little time... Cheers Tony

18th May 2012, 07:47 PM	#179
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	Re: Eric Frei's pics Big gum stump near Queen Mary Falls 10kms from Killarney (oh the weight loss has been going great ) And here's Queen Mary Falls shot with a 10 second shutter. And not far away is Browns Falls, bit of a mongrel walk up the creek but along the way you'll stuff like this (8 second shutter).... And here's Brown's Falls (very difficult to photograph 0.1second shutter) ... Attached Thumbnails __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

18th May 2012, 11:05 PM	#180
Drouin Tree Service Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,727	Re: Eric Frei's pics Getting good with the camera!!! __________________ Drouin Tree Services \| Excavator Hire - Drouin and SE Gippsland \| Landclearing Melbourne

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