Banora Point skip hire

Banora Point sits south of Tweed Heads with the Tweed River along its eastern edge and several islands just offshore. At the 2021 Census it had 16,460 residents. The Pacific Motorway crosses the eastern side on a freeway section completed in 2012. Club Banora, a Twin Towns Clubs & Resorts venue, sits at the centre of the suburb with a golf course, bowls greens and tennis courts, and three shopping villages serve the streets around it.

In a house. Roughly 62 per cent of dwellings are separate houses. The driveway is the obvious spot and needs no approval. Measure it: a 4 m³ is about 3.0 m long and 1.5 m wide.

In a townhouse. Townhouses and semi-detached homes account for about 35 per cent. On common property the body corporate decides, and a shared driveway must stay passable. Get the strata manager's answer, then choose a size to suit the spot you are allowed. A visitor bay is worth asking about.

Downsizing loads

The median age here is 49, and close to 46 per cent of homes are owned outright. A move to something smaller usually produces furniture, old appliances and shed contents: a General Household bin, 6 m³ for a full house. Garden material goes in its own Green Waste bin. Asbestos, tyres and batteries cannot go in any bin.

Renovations

For a kitchen or bathroom, a 3 m³ or 4 m³ is usually enough. Gutting the whole house takes a 6 m³ or 9 m³. Brick and soil are heavy, so soil stops at a 4 m³ bin and concrete at a 6 m³.

Tweed approval and the clock

Out on the street, footpath or verge, you need Tweed Shire Council's “Approval to Place a Skip Bin in a Public Place”. Expect a council fee. You lodge the application and carry the responsibility. One more thing: Tiger Skips works on Queensland time, so during daylight saving our windows sit an hour behind Banora Point clocks.