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The Travelling Tree Surgeon Travelling Arborist. Earth Builder. Astrologer.

Compartmentalisation Of Decay In TreesTrees seal best when cut close to the collar - this is where the meristemetic cell...
11/10/2026

Compartmentalisation
Of
Decay
In
Trees

Trees seal best when cut close to the collar - this is where the meristemetic cells are, which are basically the stem cells of the tree.The cells which get stimulated to grow over and ‘seal’ the inside of the tree from bacteria and fungi which can cause rot and decay.

Trees have various ‘walls’ of defences, which include the rings, the rays, and the sap and new wood which grows over to seal the cut.

The tree which effectively cordon off an area to safeguard from infection, sacrifice a small portion to save the whole.

My recent work trip to Chatham Island was AWESOME!I got a message saying, "hey, you're the traveling tree surgeon right/...
16/09/2026

My recent work trip to Chatham Island was AWESOME!

I got a message saying, "hey, you're the traveling tree surgeon right/ Would you travel to Chatham Island for a job? We'll pay your flights"

Hell yea, that's the kind of message I want to receive! Adventure time 💯

I mean... how could I say no, really? If "The Traveling Tree Surgeon" won't do it, who will?

So I ventured to the land of the three Kings, Moana King, a modern day Oracle/Mystic/Seer, her husband Ian King, an absolute legend, salt of the Earth (and Sea) crayfisher, and his sister Jane King, a crack up shark tooth carrying story teller.

And indeed, I weaved some new threads into my own myth, as new insights around the king and the sword came from the Lady of the Lake - namely this: The sword that Arthur pulled from the sword was not the eternal Excalibur, that sword broke, and it was the lady of the Lake who gave him the True Sword. This reminds me of how you don't buy your own pounamu, but it is given to you by someone who recognizes your mana.

On this particular work week, I went down with a flu, and pushed through to still smash out the job, thanks to a generous amount of coconut water gifted to me on an island where those things are like $16 a pop... (seriously, $16 for a liter of coconut water, island prices are insane!) and during those couple days I was more like a princess than a King 🤣 sorry Ian 🙈 and thank you for your patience 😅🙏

One of the things I love about the island, and especially the land that I was staying on, is the Peace. The peacefulness of land and tree, bird and sea, lake shore and nothing but sky above. No distractions, no city lights, 'the system' feels far away...

I also love the thriftiness, fix everything yourself coz the nearest Stihl Shop is about 200km away... catch your own kai, fish, crayfish, the island does need a home kill butcher - so there's an opportunity there for someone wink wink

And the 60 million year old shark teeth we found on the lake shore are pretty dope.

Thanks Moana and the Kings for your warm welcome, I'm looking forward to coming back for more!

Hopefully when the days are longer and the sun shines brighter 🌞 (also keen to meet some Moriori descendants on the next one 😉)

Kia Ora Chatham!

30/05/2026

See, no chipper = no risk 🤣

Trees too big? Need them taken down but don’t require chipping? The travelling tree surgeon could be your guy Profession...
21/05/2026

Trees too big?

Need them taken down but don’t require chipping?

The travelling tree surgeon could be your guy

Professional climber, in Christchurch area for another 2 weeks and have space for another 2 jobs 🌳

HMU for a free quote 👌

21/05/2026

A beautiful reminder for me to recognise the inherent beauty sacredness within all things, even as I’m transforming giants into firewood 🌳

Dismantling a big willow today, horses and sheep are gonna love it when they get let in to nom these leaves 🤤🍃Halfway th...
21/05/2026

Dismantling a big willow today, horses and sheep are gonna love it when they get let in to nom these leaves 🤤🍃
Halfway through, fence is still in tact 🤞👌

So why do I do it? The Arborist thing? Let me introduce myselfMy name is Arthur Fairlight Aka Arthur the Arborist Previo...
14/05/2026

So why do I do it? The Arborist thing?

Let me introduce myself

My name is Arthur Fairlight
Aka Arthur the Arborist
Previously known as Naked Dan the Tree Man

I changed my name to Arthur about 3 years ago with the intention of discovering my True King, if he exists, in between the wild polarity of my Crumbling King and my Tyrant King. The journey has brought a lot of learning, including how annoying it can be be to change one’s name halfway through a life, and a lot of growth - although I still feel like a rebellious squire or an aloof mage more than a king who joyfully tends to all the things in his kingdom most of the time.
There’s also something about Arcturus tied to the name which is still a mystery to me.

So why Arboriculture?

Because I love it - would be a true answer but not very revealing.

Really, the grand vision I had when I was 22 - build an earthship. Or some kind of beautiful natural wood and earth house.

And to do that, I thought I must learn how to mill timber, and to know that I thought I must learn about trees, and then popped up this arborist course in Whitianga.

So I did the course… and I had NO IDEA how much I was going to love swinging around in a tree with a chainsaw!

I signed up for a landscaping course immediately after the Arb course… but it didn’t stick. It just felt so… boring… working on the ground… I wanted to be IN THE TREES! (No offence to landscapers y’all are amazing)

7 years later and I thought I would have moved on to the next part by now - milling, learning timber framing, cob, Strawbale, earthship design and techniques… well to be fair, I have dabbled in all of those.

But my place, for now, remains to be up the tree.

Perhaps that will change when the right land or community presents itself, and the vision for that which begs to be built will overwhelm my love for swinging in trees, and I do feel I’m getting closer to that.

For now, there are people who need trees cut, and it just so happens that I have the perfect combination of madness, precision, adrenaline addiction, love of trees and targeted risk taking to pull off this crazy job.

Time to get back up the tree 🌳

Need a prune before winter to get more precious sunlight in?Arthur the Arborist aka The Travelling Tree Surgeon has just...
10/05/2026

Need a prune before winter to get more precious sunlight in?

Arthur the Arborist aka The Travelling Tree Surgeon has just landed in Otautahi Christchurch!

Here for the next 3 weeks and available for felling, pruning, dismantles.

Large limbs, small limbs, no tree too big

Rigging gear available for tricky limbs

As a travelling arborist, I don't have a truck and chipper, just a flat of good chainsaws, climbing kit and rigging gear.

No chipping keeps prices down for those who are happy to clean up the brush themselves. Happy to ring into firewood.

DM for a free quote or message on

0275270050

Cheers!
Arthur

Had mixed feelings about dismantling these beautiful big pin oaks in Turangi, healthy trees but too close to the house a...
10/05/2026

Had mixed feelings about dismantling these beautiful big pin oaks in Turangi, healthy trees but too close to the house and getting BIG!

As a travelling tree surgeon, I travel light, no chipper just a fleet of chainsaws, climbing kit and rigging gear.

I had some really cool clients, who had a whole network of friends in this small town and so many people showed up to help!

Getting stuck in to chop up branches, load them on the trailer, many hands make light work and it saved them a bunch of money - some folks simply aren't able to afford the full service of truck and chipper, even though its a whole lot easier to pay a team to come in and chip it all up and take it away!

Was a pretty full on but fun few days

06/04/2026

Cute little branch to rig

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