Anzac Day vandalism attack on trees in Bathurst

The couple, who asked not to be named, said they were woken at 1am by a group of intoxicated men in the street.

“You could hear them yelling and screaming. They were just so noisy,” the woman said.

Her husband said he could hear the men boasting about who would break the next tree.

“They were just laughing and saying ‘I’ve got the next one’,” he said.

“I could see them snapping the trees out my window.”

In all, five trees along Rankin Street, between Piper and Lambert street, were broken and damaged in the attack.

Some trees were snapped at around one metre high from the ground, with the broken top part of one tree dumped on a car a little further down the road.

The couple were left so angry by the senseless attack on the trees that they reported it to Bathurst Police.

Chifley Local Area Command duty officer Inspector Gerard Powell said police attended the scene following the call out, however the men had left the scene.

“If anyone has any information we’d be only too happy to hear from you,” he said.

Just last month, six trees near the intersection of Bradwardine Road and Suttor Street were broken and snapped following another vandalism attack.

Call Bathurst Police Station on 6332 8699.