Port Augusta City Council commissioned eucalyptus specialist Dean Nicolle to conduct an audit on a number of established trees in high public use areas to determine their overall health.

This was in response to the publishing of the 2010 Independent Inquiry into Management of Trees on Public Land report which was conducted following a fatal incident in a metropolitan Adelaide council area.

Council’s director of infrastructure Hayden Hart said since the release of the report specialist advice on trees in public areas has been sought.

He said parks and gardens staff have been given training in the identification, pruning and removal of hazardous trees.

See this week's Transcontinenetal for more.