Richmond coast
Estuary crust at West Ballina, sand and figs toward Lennox
A Ballina booking is stock held for the Richmond coast, and the delivery figure is worked out for the street, not for 2478 as a lump. West of the river the ground looks firm in September and gives way after rain. On the beach side the house sits on the boundary and a fig owns the gutter.
- Where it is loaded
- Kept for this stretch of coast, then run to the address
- What sets the day
- The last fifty metres: sand, a wet flat, or a row of trees
- Usual truck
- Tilt bed on an open frontage; crane where the side gate is a wheelbarrow wide
Postcodes
River mouth, then the plateau
East Ballina and Lennox Head share 2478 with the river town. Alstonville and Wardell are 2477, Evans Head 2473. Pimlico and Skennars Head belong in the same work. Southern Cross Drive is the industrial end: tools off the apron, not a house-side squeeze.
Ground
Two soils sharing one highway
West Ballina, Pimlico and Wardell sit on old estuary. A crust that carried a car all spring can swallow a dual after a wet week. Lennox Head and Sharpes Beach are dune sand, and the older streets leave no path for a rigid. A crane from the road is the usual fix, once the fig limbs are in the photo.
Work
Macadamias, boats, cafe stock
On the Alstonville plateau the truck is threading macadamia rows. Low limbs and a headland drain stop it, not the highway. At Lennox Head the shell holds boards, dive gear and whatever the garage gave up. Salt there does not take a season off, so door rubbers matter more than a fresh coat.
Timing
The removalist does not pick the morning
A wet week on the flat is not worth cutting into ruts, and a crane on a tight East Ballina street needs room to stand. If a removal van is already booked, we can aim at that week. The hour on the van docket slips if the ground is still soft.
Rows, crust and beach streets
What stops a truck between macadamia rows at Alstonville?
Low limbs, a drain hidden in the grass, and nowhere to turn once the trailer is in. Walk the row with a tape before you ask for a long shell. A shorter unit that can leave on a tilt bed is often the one that actually arrives.
West Ballina looks solid in September. What is underneath?
Old estuary. The crust firms in a dry spell and lets go after rain. If the lawn has been wet, say so. We would rather move the morning than leave trenches beside the house.
Which grade makes sense a few streets back from Lennox Head?
One with door seals that still meet, if the box will hold tools, cafe stock or anything with a motor. Salt air works all year on that side of town. A tired shell is a false economy once the contents have to stay dry.
Get a price
Say which side of the river
Beach street, estuary flat, or a row on the plateau. The quote follows that access, not the town name alone.
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