Registration is now open for the 2011 Tasmanian Tree Climbing championship and workshop. The workshop is being held in City Park in Launceston on Friday 25 March, starting at 10:00, with the climbing competition on the following day. Entry to both is an incredibly cheap $80, so it is well worth turning up for – and if it is anything like last year’s competition it will be a couple of really enjoyable days with a great atmosphere.
To register for the workshop and competition, please fill out the form below and email or post it to Joe Harris (contact details given below). Please note that all climbers must complete the form prior to gear check. Any questions please call Joe on the number below.
Joe Harris – 0400420079 – joe@intotrees.com – PO Box 112, Burwood 3125
It’s on! The New South Wales TCC is being run on the weekend of Saturday 12 March, and Victorian climbers are very welcome to attend.
There will be a workshop on the Friday, organised and run by four-times Australian tree climbing champion Brett Hamlin, so it will be well worth attending.
Entry is $150 for Arboriculture Australia members, and entry details will be posted on the Arb Aus website soon. We hope it will be very soon in fact, as entries close on Fe5 25.
For now, you can download an entry form here.
Click on the image to download a printable PDF of the flyer.
Further details on entry fees and registration will be available here shortly
Many thanks to all the Victorian tree workers, climbers and arborists who have pitched in over the last 6 months to help raise money for Scott’s family, left without him when he was tragically killed on Aug 5 last year. For those of you who don’t know, the Yale SSharpe climbing rope that was designed by John Canning of ATRAES to help raise money for the family is now on sale from Cannings and through the ATRAES website, so if your climbing line is in need of replacement, now’s the time to invest in some of this great cordage.
If you are feeling like investing, then you might also want to look at Scott’s truck and chipper. Both were second-hand when he bought them, but knowing Scott’s attention to detail they would have been the pick of the bunch. The truck has been extensively modified, by Scott and to Scott’s designs, with a custom built body, tool boxes and mulch bin. It’s a 4WD truck with a bull bar and winch, so it’s pretty capable off road as well as in the suburbs. The chipper is a Vermeer BC1400, so a pretty good sized machine, with 3283 hours on the clock.
Olivia has worked out how much was spent on buying the truck and chipper, and then doing them both up, and the total comes to $75,000. Not bad for a complete unit ready to go with all the extras – just add saws and crew!
To download a PDF advert for the rig, please click here.
For more information please call Rob on 0417 295845, or email Joe Harris at joe.elsewhere@gmail.com
As many of you will already know, this year the ISA international tree climbing championships and conference are being held in Australia. Tied to this, World Arborcamp is going to be held in Samford, Queensland, and it’s going to be an event worth travelling to. There are already many interesting workshops organised, with several Victorians travelling up to take part in events and offer presentations.
Write it into your diary now!