Wodonga's pine trees alongside tennis club chopped down

The exotic species are being removed after years of complaints from tennis players and neighbours upset at the mess they create.

Wodonga-based Curtis Tree Lopping is carrying out the lopping of the trees which is expected to be completed on Wednesday, September 27.

Lawrence Street was blocked to eastbound traffic as the task unfolded.

However, Wodonga croquet players held their regular session as the pines went down on Tuesday.

Among them was croquet club president Bev Zuber, who was among eight players who competed a distance away from the fence line near the trees.

"It was quite amazing watching the precision of the workers," she said.

Nine of the 18 trees had been cut down by the close of business on Tuesday, with the remainder to be removed on Wednesday.

It has cost $5000 each year to clean up mess created by the trees which drop their cones on to the tennis courts and roadway and attract cockatoos which make a mess as they gnaw at the foliage.

The council has committed to replacing the pines with other trees.

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