After several hours the limb was cut up sufficiently to be moved aside while potential campers waited. One campervan even backed up the hill to the upper domain since there was no room to turn around.
The final step in the process was arranging for Tree Smart to assess the safety of the remaining trees before the campers could move in.
Kim Spooner-Taylor, who operates her own business Kimmy's Kitchen, was also able to deliver upwards of 25 meals around the town, much to her and the recipients' relief.
Then alert level 4 lockdown kicked in, stopping any further clean-up.
Ahead, as we enter alert level 2, lies the tasks of disposing of the beautiful redwood limb – hopefully the wood turners will be interested – cleaning up the debris and reconstructing the deer fence, which has a four-metre gap in it.