Bayside City Council, City of Kingston, Glen Eira City Council and City of Port Phillip
Lawn mowing in Melbourne's bayside suburbs
Not open yet: 13 suburbs mapped, nobody being signed up here so far. Suburbs open one cluster at a time as local mowers join. List your lawn now, free, and it is shown to the first local mowers before anyone else's.
From St Kilda down the bay to Mordialloc the ground is the sandbelt: sand over clay that drains fast and dries out in summer, with sandy loam and dune sand on the high ground and heavier clayey sands and old swamp deposits lower down.
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Every suburb in bayside suburbs
13 suburbs, A to Z, with postcodes. Live means verified mowers are bidding today; Recruiting means mowers are being signed up in that cluster; Not yet means it's mapped and opens when enough locals join.
- Beaumaris 3193 Not yet
- Bentleigh 3204 Not yet
- Bentleigh East 3165 Not yet
- Brighton 3186 Not yet
- Brighton East 3187 Not yet
- Cheltenham 3192 Not yet
- Elwood 3184 Not yet
- Hampton 3188 Not yet
- Mentone 3194 Not yet
- Mordialloc 3195 Not yet
- Parkdale 3195 Not yet
- Sandringham 3191 Not yet
- St Kilda 3182 Not yet
Mow around here?
Nobody is being signed up in bayside suburbs yet - a cluster opens once enough local mowers ask. Join now, name your suburbs, and you're first in when it does. 0 lawns listed here so far; the founding offer (0% for 3 months from your first paid job) is open until 31 December 2026.
Nature strips and green bins here
What each council in bayside suburbs expects of the strip out the front and where the clippings go, read off the council's own page.
| Council | Nature strip and garden waste | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| City of Bayside | Bayside residents are required by law to maintain the nature strip in front of their property, while the council manages the trees on it; plantings on the strip are kept to 0.6 m and anything outside the guidelines needs a planting approval. The food and green waste bin is optional and not on the rates: order one for a one-off $104.85 (240 L or 120 L, with a kitchen caddy) and it is emptied weekly, with general waste fortnightly, as it has been since July 2022. | 12 Sep 2026 |
| City of Kingston | Kingston makes residents responsible for mowing, watering and general maintenance of the nature strip; the council assists with hazards and prunes the strip trees every two years but does not mow unless the strip is a hazard. Trees on the strip are council-owned, and plantings are limited to 0.5 m high and set back 0.5 m from the kerb. The green-lid food and garden bin is a standard service, collected fortnightly on alternate weeks with recycling, on garbage day. | 12 Sep 2026 |
| City of Port Phillip | Port Phillip says property owners or occupants are responsible for maintaining their nature strip, excluding the street trees, which the council cares for; it steps in only where a strip poses a public health risk and prefers mediation to compliance orders. The FOGO bin (120 L standard, 80 L or 240 L on request) is emptied weekly on the same night as garbage and recycling, but only properties with a garden and space for another bin get one; the kerbside service charge is $90 for 2026-27 on the rates notice. | 12 Sep 2026 |
| Glen Eira City Council | Glen Eira relies on property owners to maintain the nature strip next to their property, including mowing, weeding and edging, and to keep it safe and free of rubbish; street trees are the council's, and residents may not plant, prune or remove them. A Nature Strip Planting Permit costs $50 and unpermitted plantings may be removed at the owner's cost. The lime-green FOGO bin is a standard service emptied weekly, with a free kitchen caddy from Glen Eira Town Hall. | 12 Sep 2026 |
| City of Bayside and City of Kingston | Split between two councils. Bayside residents are required by law to maintain the nature strip while the council manages its trees; the Bayside food and green waste bin is optional, a one-off $104.85, emptied weekly. Kingston makes residents responsible for mowing, watering and general maintenance of the strip and assists with hazards; its green-lid garden bin is a standard service, emptied fortnightly. | 12 Sep 2026 |
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