Austral sits on the rural edge of Western Sydney, with creek lines through it and blocks that were paddocks not long ago. That ground needs handling before anything is built on it, and that is where most of our work here starts.
Austral sits about 42 kilometres south-west of the city on Western Sydney's rural and urban boundary. Kemps Creek runs along its western edge, Bonds Creek runs through it, and a Sydney Water supply channel forms the eastern boundary. Water and ground condition drive nearly every job here.
A lot of Austral blocks were farmland until recently. The soil is often heavily compacted from construction traffic, and anything planted or laid over it without preparation simply does not take. We deal with the ground first.
With creek lines through the suburb and flat, compacted blocks, water tends to sit rather than drain. Sorting falls, drains and bed levels at the start is what stops a new garden becoming a bog every wet month.
New-release blocks here are often handed over as bare ground. Starting with nothing is the cheapest time to get the levels, drainage and layout right, before a bad layout gets locked in by a slab of paving.
Austral jobs usually run ground works first, then hard surfaces, then planting. Tell us what you want and we will set the sequence.
Sleeper, block and masonry walls to hold a graded block and create a level, usable terrace. On ground this compacted, proper drainage behind the wall is not optional, and every wall we build gets it.
More on our retaining wallsEntertaining areas, paths and driveways laid on a properly prepared base. Compacted clay moves if the base is skipped, so we prepare and compact correctly rather than laying straight onto the subgrade.
See how we approach pavingNew lawn over decompacted, levelled and topped-up soil. On Austral blocks the ground preparation is most of the job, because turf rolled over construction fill is the commonest reason a new lawn dies.
How we lay new turfClearing a block of old growth, fill, rubble, soil and green waste. On larger rural-fringe blocks this is often a job in its own right before any garden work can start.
See our rubbish removalClearing beds, paths and open ground back to a clean finish, roots included. Paddock-edge blocks carry a heavy weed seed load, so a proper first clear matters more here than almost anywhere.
How we handle weedingMulch at a depth that holds moisture through a hot, exposed Western Sydney summer. On open Austral blocks with little shelter it does far more work than on a sheltered suburban garden.
What our mulching involvesScreens and boundary hedges cut to a clean line. On wide open blocks a hedge is often the only wind break and the only privacy, so we cut to keep it dense rather than thinning it out.
How we trim hedgesCanopies lifted off roofs, sheds and fences, and growth thinned where it is shading a garden that needs light. Remnant paddock trees often need their structure assessed before anything else.
See our pruning and trimmingRemoving a tree that has outgrown its spot or is unsafe. The City of Liverpool controls removal and heavy pruning of many established trees, and we check and flag it at quoting stage.
About our tree lopping workOn rural-fringe blocks the money is in the ground, not the planting.
Three steps, a fixed written price, and the ground sorted before anything is laid on it.
Call or send the form with photos. On a bare block that is usually enough for us to give you a realistic range before we visit.
We check compaction, falls, drainage and access, then put a fixed written price in front of you with the stages set out in order.
One team from start to finish. All fill, rubble and green waste leaves with us, and we walk the finished garden with you before we go.
Terry and his team are fantastic to work with.
The team have been very professional with their work, communication and they were also fast paced.
They use very high quality materials and workmanship is flawless.
Austral sits in the City of Liverpool with Leppington, West Hoxton, Middleton Grange, Rossmore, Cecil Park and Kemps Creek around it. The same crew works right across the council area.
For ongoing upkeep rather than a build, our regular gardening service in Austral covers the same streets. See also everything we do across the City of Liverpool, or browse every Sydney suburb we service.
Almost always the ground, not the grass. Blocks here are usually compacted by construction traffic and carry very little topsoil, so water runs off and roots cannot get down. Relaying turf over the same ground repeats the problem, so we decompact and top up first.
On a rural-fringe block, yes. It is the difference between a garden that establishes and one that has to be redone in two years. It is also the part of the quote people are most tempted to cut, and the one we would advise against cutting.
Usually, yes. With creek lines through Austral and flat compacted blocks, water needs somewhere designed to go. We sort falls, drains and bed levels as part of the build rather than planting into ground that will flood again.
Not necessarily. Bigger blocks often have better machine access, which can bring the rate down compared with a small yard that has to be done by barrow through a narrow gate. We confirm access when we quote.
Yes. We work across Austral 2179 and the surrounding Liverpool council suburbs including Leppington, West Hoxton, Middleton Grange, Rossmore, Cecil Park and Kemps Creek.
Call 0451 267 287 or send the form and we will book the earliest on-site time that suits you. Photos of the block help us give you a rough budget first.
Send us the basics and we will come out, check the ground, the drainage and the access, and give you a fixed written price. The visit costs nothing.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 0451 267 287.
Whether it is a bare handover yard or ground that keeps flooding every wet month, we will come out and price it properly.