Elanora skip bins for family-home jobs

• Emptying a garage, shed or spare room: start at 3 m³ or 4 m³.
• Putting in a new kitchen or ensuite: a 6 m³ is the usual size.
• Renovating the whole house or overhauling the yard: look at a 9 m³, about 36 wheelie bins.
• Lifting a garden bed or the soil round a pool: 4 m³ is the biggest bin that takes it.
• Replacing a fence or downsizing before a sale: General Household or General Builders, depending on the mix.

Green Waste bins take prunings, weeds, bark and lawn clippings. Furniture, toys and boxes are General Household; reno offcuts are General Builders.

A suburb of houses

Nearly 80 per cent of homes in Elanora were separate houses when the 2021 Census was taken. Most of the others were townhouses, and apartments barely registered. Boundaries: Tallebudgera Creek on the north-west, the Pacific Motorway on the east, Guineas Creek and Simpsons roads to the south-east. If your street is hard to find, give the driver The Pines Shopping Centre as a landmark.

Courts, cul-de-sacs and complexes

For a house, use the driveway: simple, and on private land. In a court, keep the turning circle clear and tell the neighbours which day the truck is due. Townhouse complexes usually have by-laws covering shared driveways and visitor spaces; read them before you book.

Verge or driveway

The grass verge belongs to council. Placing a skip on it, or on the footpath or roadway, takes a permit that you apply to the City of Gold Coast for, and the responsibility is yours. Tiger Skips does not apply for permits on anyone's behalf. Driveways and front yards need nothing.