I have lived in Europe and South America for most of my life, and trees such as this are highly valued and have a heritage order placed on them. I have friends and family in Coffs Harbour and Bellingen, and visit regularly, and we always have coffee or breakfast under these trees, I cannot imagine sitting out there in full sun, so not only will it stop people going to that street, but business will also suffer because we will go elsewhere.

I live in Vienna and we love sitting outside with friends over coffee and cakes, Bellingen the way it is at the moment, reminds me of the many cafes we go to regularly throughout Europe, so for your Buergermeister to want to destroy this is absolute madness!

Get rid of him, but keep the trees!