Coolangatta sits right on the border, but it's Queensland, which actually works in your favour. Under Gold Coast rules, cocos palms and a handful of other pest species can come out without a council application, as long as an AQF Level 3 arborist documents the ID. Casey holds that ticket.
The first thing worth knowing in Coolangatta is the border. Cross into Tweed Heads and you’re under NSW rules; stay this side and you’re under City of Gold Coast. That matters most for cocos palms, which are everywhere here. On the Gold Coast side, cocos (and umbrella tree, cadaghi, slash pine and coral tree) are a listed pest species that we can remove without a council application, provided an AQF Level 3 arborist identifies and documents it. Casey holds AQF Level 3, so it’s a one-visit job: ID, removal, paperwork.
The rest is classic border-beachside work. Salt and wind off Kirra and Greenmount, a lot of units where the trees are common property (those always need an application, lodged by the body corporate), and the steady run of holiday-let tidy-ups. We turn up on time and leave it clean, which is the whole point in a short-stay town.