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Man living in tree to keep council at bay
JAYNE RICKARD, The West AustralianDecember 9, 2009, 5:53 am
WA News / Lee Griffith ©
A Thornlie resident has been living in a big eucalyptus tree on his verge for two days in a bid to stop the giant being cut down by the local council.
Richard Pennicuik said he had no choice but to protest against a City of Gosnells decision to remove more than 20 native trees from his street over the next week. He said he would not be leaving until the tree was saved.
City of Gosnells chief executive Ian Cowie said the council would be removing the tree and hoped to come to an "amicable" resolution with Mr Pennicuik. But he said the city would not try to remove him from his tree.The tree removals follow a city survey which identified 22 potentially dangerous trees in Hume Road, mainly because of falling branches.
The native trees will be replaced by 35 jacarandas.Mr Pennicuik had been living in the tree since Monday morning and had struggled to sleep throughout his protest. Neighbours and friends have been supporting him, bringing food, water and other items
"I don't mind if other people want their trees cut down," he said. "But I won't back down."as posted here
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The Mark of Death
The x on this tree symbolises that this tree is "unsafe" or "dangerous" to pedestrians when the foot path is on the other side of this road. The council is going to cut this native tree down and replace it with a tree that is not native. The man who lives at this house with this tree has said that he is going to stay up this tree so that it is not cut down. I believe that it is wrong that the council is going to cut down these trees and especially during summer when we use our trees for shade. So i'm with him the council should not be cutting down these trees. By Yoorala Evans
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