00:01A picturesque stretch of the Sunshine Coast.
00:06Unimpeded views of Dickie Beach are highly sought after.
00:09It's really disappointing, really, because it just ruined a beautiful place on the coast.
00:14To see this type of vandalism, to me, it's on a scale that's obviously hard to describe.
00:21Dozens of trees along 300 metres of beachfront have been poisoned, including a massive Norfolk pine.
00:28It's so distressing to see the amount of dieback that we're actually witnessing.
00:33Workers painstakingly remove the poison.
00:36They're trying to work out what can be saved and track down who is responsible.
00:41An extremely busy pathway through here.
00:44We have lots of people that walk through here.
00:46My concern is obviously impacts the wildlife.
00:48We've got dogs that walk through here.
00:50Locals are frustrated.
00:52To leave it like it is, you know, native, why do it?
00:54It's actually really heartbreaking.
00:55Meantime, at Noosa Heads, the owners of this property have been ordered to replant nearly 1,600 trees
01:02and pay almost $50,000 in court fees after illegally clearing the land.
01:09Noosa Council says it hopes the fines handed to these owners acts as a deterrent
01:14as it works to stamp out this illegal practice for good.
01:17And I'll fix that買 would be good.
01:18I'll fix that.
01:18You said that, if you 4 p.m., I'll fix that in the last days.
01:19I need to fix that in the next days.
01:19Well, I don't know.
01:19I can't take it on the last days.
01:20You can do it.
