Mordialloc gardens sit between the creek and the bay, and the plants there grow hard. Ross collects the prunings and branches and takes them away for recycling.
Not a franchisee or a truck driver from a booking system. The bloke who quotes it is the bloke who loads it.
No bags to fill, no skip to load. Leave it in a pile and he loads it, sweeps up and takes it away.
Not a bin size. A heap beside the driveway and one at the bottom of a steep yard are different jobs and get different prices.
Standing tree, asbestos, or more rubbish than garden — he tells you before he starts, not after.
A pruning pile hauled away and a few bags of leaf litter collected is the usual combination on a Mordialloc block.
Piles of prunings, branches, hedge trimmings, leaves and weeds that won't fit in the green bin. Ross backs the trailer in, loads it himself and takes it away to be recycled — you don't lift a thing.
Coastal and creek-side garden prunings.
Doing a big garden clean-up — overgrown beds, a back corner nobody has touched in years, a rental between tenants or a property being tidied for sale? Pile it all up and Ross collects the lot in one visit.
Beach shacks and older gardens made tidy.
Fallen limbs, shed bark, leaf litter and dry prunings gathered up from around the house — the fine fuel that matters most in a grassfire or ember attack. Collected and taken away before the Fire Danger Period starts.
Litter and dry growth cleared away for summer.
A gum has dropped a limb across the driveway, or a windy night has left the yard covered. Ross collects what's come down and hauls it away. Standing trees and hung-up limbs are an arborist's job — once they've dropped it, Ross can take it away.
Storm branches cleared from yards and drives.
Mordialloc has a village feel around Main Street and the pier, with Mordialloc Creek winding in from the east and the beach along the front. Housing ranges from old beach cottages and post-war homes to newer townhouses and apartments, and a lot of the older blocks have gardens that were planted decades ago and have grown into every corner.
Coastal gardens here grow fast in sandy soil and take a pounding from the wind. Hedges thicken up, shrubs sprawl and branches come down. Once there is more than the bin can hold, green waste removal in Mordialloc is a quick way to get the whole lot off the property at once.
Older Mordialloc cottages often have gardens packed with a mix of plants: roses, hydrangeas and fruit trees alongside hardy coastal shrubs. They look good when they are kept in check, but a year of neglect turns them into a tangle.
Once it has been cut back and weeded, a clean-up pickup gets all that waste off the block in one go. Ross loads by hand and sweeps up afterward.
Being right on the bay, Mordialloc cops the weather. After a big blow, it is common to find branches across lawns, over fences or blocking driveways.
Ross loads limbs that are already on the ground and takes them away. He does not climb or fell trees; if a tree is damaged or still dropping branches, get an arborist in. Kingston City Council requires permits for some trees, so check before removing anything standing.
Newer townhouses and apartment blocks in Mordialloc often have small shared gardens maintained by a contractor. When the trimming is done but the waste is left behind, a regular collection clears it.
Access through shared driveways and common areas is fine — just mention it when booking.
Once the warm weather arrives, Mordialloc’s beach, pier and Main Street get busy, and parking near the water fills up. Booking the spring green waste pickup for October or early November makes it easier all round.
Suburb, roughly how much there is, and what the access is like. A photo saves a lot of back and forth.
Ross comes back with a number. On big or awkward jobs he has a look first rather than guessing.
Loaded by hand, driveway swept, and off for proper green waste disposal.
Ross runs this on his own. He quotes the job, he turns up, he loads the trailer and he takes it away — the same bloke every visit. There is no office in between, no skip company, and no franchise cut coming out of what you pay.
It also means he will tell you when something isn't his job — a standing tree that needs an arborist, or a pile that is more rubbish than garden — rather than taking the money and leaving you with half a problem.
The suburb, roughly how much there is, and how easy it is to get a trailer to it is enough to work with. A photo of the pile gets you a price fastest.
Prefer to talk? Call or text Ross on 0416 030 925. Monday to Saturday, daylight hours — weather permitting.
Get a price on your pile. Takes a minute — Ross reads them himself.
Thanks — that's gone through to Ross. Spring is his busiest time, so if it's close to fire season he may take a day or two.
