Ground conditions · 2 min
Basalt and Bluestone: Digging on Melbourne's Western Plains
Werribee, Tarneit, Melton, Craigieburn and Sunbury sit on one of the largest lava fields on earth. Thin reactive clay over hard rock, and wh...
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Buying and digging in Melbourne
Written for Melbourne, VIC: the ground, the rules, the costs and the machines.
Seasons · 2 min
Working Through a Melbourne Winter: Mud, Track Mats and the Calendar
From May to September Melbourne clay is mud and lawns are soft. Which jobs still work, how to protect the site and the machine, and the two...
Ground conditions · 2 min
Sand, Sorrento and Side Access: Machines for Bayside and Peninsula Blocks
From Frankston to Portsea the ground is dune sand and the blocks are old beach shacks with a metre of side access. Pools, landscaping and th...