Skip hire in Tumbulgum, where the rivers meet
Tumbulgum is a small village of houses where the Tweed meets the Rous. Choose a size and you'll see the first delivery date the 36-hour rule permits, on Queensland time.
Times on this site are Queensland time. NSW daylight saving, October to April, puts Tumbulgum an hour ahead of our calendar, so read the card's tomorrow as a Queensland date.
Earliest date you can book
36 hours from booking
We need 36 hours' notice. Book before midday, Queensland time, and tomorrow is the earliest date you can pick.
Booking a skip in a river village
'Tumbulgum' is a Bundjalung word, generally taken to mean 'meeting of the waters'. Before its renaming in the early 1880s, settlers called it Tweed River Junction, often shortened to The Junction. Through that decade it was the valley's chief town, complete with a river port and a bank. The railway and the Murwillumbah Bridge later shifted that role to Murwillumbah. About 450 people lived here in 2021, with cane fields on the low ground to the east.
Clearing up after floodwater
Flooding has a long history here, and the village gauge recorded its highest-ever level in the flood of February to March 2022. Wet plasterboard, ruined carpet and waterlogged furniture all go in General Builders. Keep paint, chemicals and gas bottles separate. Asbestos is never accepted, so have suspect material checked before it goes in.
Houses on Riverside Drive and nearby streets
Separate houses accounted for 99.4 per cent of homes in 2021, so the skip usually goes on a driveway or front yard with no council approval. Pick firm ground over soft lawn, and on Riverside Drive leave the truck room to pull in without blocking the road.
Public land needs Tweed Shire approval
Your own block needs no approval. If the skip has to sit on public ground, such as the road or verge, Tweed Shire Council requires the Approval to Place a Skip Bin in a Public Place, and there's a council fee. Applying is on you, and so is the bin while it's on public land; ASAP Skip doesn't apply on anyone's behalf.
Sizes for a Tumbulgum clean-up
One or two rooms of flood-damaged contents usually fit a 4m³, around 16 wheelie bins. A whole house tends to need a 6m³ (24) or 9m³ (36). Tidying the garden afterwards? Prunings go in a Green Waste bin, and soil into a Dirt bin (4m³ maximum).
Tumbulgum bin sizes
The big number is the green waste price; general waste is underneath. GST, drop-off, collection and 14 days of hire are all in the figure.
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3m³ skip bin
A shed, a garage shelf-out or one small bathroom.
12 wheelie bins · 3 trailer loadsAbout 2.4 × 1.5 × 0.9 m
from $340general $535 · GST incl.
Book a 3m³ bin -
4m³ skip binMOST POPULAR
The size most people pick: a kitchen or bathroom strip-out, or a dirt job (dirt tops out at 4m³).
16 wheelie bins · 4 trailer loadsAbout 3.0 × 1.5 × 1.0 m
from $380general $590 · GST incl.
Book a 4m³ bin -
6m³ skip bin
Two or three rooms at once, or the contents of a family home.
24 wheelie bins · 6 trailer loadsAbout 3.6 × 1.5 × 1.2 m
from $460general $830 · GST incl.
Book a 6m³ bin
Tumbulgum questions
Which bin takes flood-damaged plasterboard and carpet?
General Builders. Keep chemicals, gas bottles and paint out, and never load anything you suspect contains asbestos.
The clean-up may take weeks. Can I keep the skip?
Yes. The first 14 days are included. Another seven days cost $35, or switch to unlimited hire for $50 and stop counting.
Where should the truck drop the bin on a riverside block?
On firm ground with enough room to set it down without blocking traffic. A driveway or front yard usually works. Failing that, the bin needs council approval for the street, which is your application to make.
Which clock does my delivery date follow?
Queensland's. With 36 hours' notice, a booking before midday Queensland time, 1pm in Tumbulgum over summer, can take tomorrow as its first date.
Nearby delivery areas
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