We are mandated by law to clear 100 feet around any structure as a fire protection zone here as well.
Just can’t touch a tree...
“Just can’t touch a tree...”
I’ll admit to unfamiliarity with AU shrub and trees, but can sympathize.
Don’t know your familiarity with US Western timber. We have pines that are called lodge pole (thin and tall) that are dying off from beetle infestation.
Consider them as tall matchsticks that environmentalists fight to prevent being harvested. They prefer them dying off and becoming a fire hazard. (reasoning being they become ‘homes’ for wildlife — which die in fires)
Swell, just F’n swell. Thanks and best wishes to all there.
Our upcoming fire season may be similar.