Local resident wonders if 'hired guns' came in and knocked down the trees to improve someone's water views.
"It's in another realm entirely."
An 80-year-old angophora costatas, which can reach heights of 30 metres when fully mature, has been poisoned. A range of Christmas bushes, old man banksias, she oaks, cheese trees and tea trees have also been destroyed or infected with toxic poison. "But it was quite an investment of time and effort, and you would think that somebody saw or heard something, given the extent of the effort that's gone into this vandalism.""It wouldn't have been a one-hour job," he said.Large mature trees, some over 80 years old, have been mutilated, poisoned and hacked to pieces
Willoughby City Council is offering a $10,000 reward for information about the crime, and Mayor Tanya Taylor said the council will "absolutely" push for the toughest punishments if the perpetrators are caught.NSW Police have been advised of the crime, she said, but were not officially involved in an investigation yet.
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