The Fox Mowing gentleman was so polite and did a brilliant job on my yard. I have already recommended him to my neighbours.
Fox Mowing ACT covers the rural properties of the Tennent district in the far south of the Territory, below Mount Tennent and the Namadgi edge, with ride-on and slashing gear for acreage and fire-season cuts.
Fox Mowing ACT mows and slashes right across the Tennent district, the rural country south of Tharwa in the far south of the Territory, postcode 2620. The district takes its name from Mount Tennent, the peak on the edge of Namadgi National Park that stands 1,375 metres above sea level with the Gudgenby River at its base. The mountain in turn was named after John Tennant, a bushranger who kept a hideout on its slopes in 1827; the spelling drifted, and the district follows the mountain. Indigenous people call the mountain Tharwa, the same name as the village at its northern foot.
There is no town in Tennent — no shops, no streets to name. It is grazing leases, bush blocks and a few homesteads, with Outward Bound’s Australian headquarters and the last stretch of the Australian Alps Walking Track on the mountain above. What that means for us is honest rural work: house lawns around a homestead, long grass on the flats along the river, driveways and boundary lines, and a proper cut before fire season. We book Tennent in runs from the southern Tuggeranong suburbs and bring the gear the block needs.
Book your free Tennent quoteEvery property between Tharwa and the Namadgi boundary is different, so we look at the ground before we name a price.
The lawn around the house on a growing-season schedule, edges along paths and garden beds included. Details are on our lawn mowing and edging pages.
Paddocks, tracks and boundary strips on Tennent leases are handled with ride-on mowing and slashing gear, priced after a walk of the block.
Blocks that back onto bush need grass cut hard around the house, sheds and fence lines before December. We put these jobs first in the run.
The low ground along the river is a cold-air trap, so warm-season grass stays dormant late and gets going all at once. We time the first spring cut for growth, not the calendar.
A season away turns a homestead lawn into standing hay. Staged cutting with a finishing pass brings it back without leaving it in rows.
Grass creeping over gravel drives and along fence lines gets a regular trim so the entrance stays usable and weeds do not seed into the house lawn. Our weed control page explains the approach.
Gardens out here are practical. A shelter belt against the westerlies, a few beds near the house, maybe fruit trees. We handle hedging and pruning, tree trimming, mulching and garden clean-ups on Tennent properties from $70 a visit, usually on the same trip as the slashing.
The priority list is short: keep the windbreak thick at the base, keep the bush edge clear of dead material, and mulch anything near the house before the dry months so it is still alive in February. If a lease or homestead is changing hands, pre-sale and end-of-lease work makes the house garden and the near paddock presentable in one go.
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Homestead lawns in Tennent start at the standard prices; everything that needs a slasher is quoted on the ground. Our pricing guide has the rest.
| Lawn service | Guide price from | Typical inclusions |
|---|---|---|
| Small maintained lawn — mow, edge & blow | From $50 | A small kept lawn around the house on a rural block, accessible from the drive. |
| Medium to large — mow, edges & blow | From $70-$150+ | Larger homestead lawns with edges, trimming around outbuildings and a blow-down of hard surfaces. |
| Gardening basic visit | From $70 | Windbreak and hedge pruning, bed weeding and mulch on the house garden. |
| Overgrown lawn recovery | From $100-$250+ | Standing grass around buildings, cut in stages with the cut material dealt with. |
| Acreage / ride-on / slashing | Quoted on site | Paddocks, tracks, fire breaks and boundaries across the Tennent district, done with a ride-on or slasher. |
Important: These are Tennent guide prices. Rural quotes are shaped by hectares, grass height, slope, rocks, gates and travel distance from the nearest suburb.
We walk the block first, because the far south does not price from a map.
Operators willing to drive south of Tharwa with the right gear on the trailer.
Crews based around Gordon, Banks and Conder cover Tennent on scheduled rural runs, along with Tharwa and Paddys River.
House lawns from $50, gardening from $70, and slashing quoted in writing after we have seen the block.
Full insurance and a police check on every operator, so leaving them on the property while you are in town is no worry.
Paddocks slashed evenly, house lawn edged and blown, no windrows of cut grass against the shed.
Big cut before fire season, growing-season visits as the block needs them, and a quiet winter when nothing grows.
Call 1800 FOX MOW or send the form with a rough block size and we will book a walk-through on the next southern run.
The Tennent flats along the Gudgenby are among the coldest ground in the Territory. Frost arrives in May, bites hardest from June to August, and can stay into late September on the valley floor, well after the city has warmed. Warm-season grass is flat and brown for all of it, and the sensible thing is to leave it alone and stay off frozen turf. Spring is short and sudden: the soil warms in October, the wettest weeks of the year arrive at the same time, and grass and weeds go up together. That is why the pre-summer cut around buildings matters so much — by December the westerlies coming over the ranges have cured it. Summer is about height and deep early watering on the house lawn within the ACT rules, and autumn is for a fertilising feed and any lawn repairs or top dressing before the first hard frost.
We mow right across Tuggeranong — Banks, Gordon, Conder, Calwell, Bonython, Isabella Plains, Chisholm, Gilmore, Fadden, Gowrie, Greenway and Kambah among them, along with the rural blocks around Tharwa — and across the wider Tuggeranong district. Nearby? Ask and we will sort a local operator.
The Fox Mowing gentleman was so polite and did a brilliant job on my yard. I have already recommended him to my neighbours.
They were very accommodating to my tight deadline for the initial work that I have decided to make it a permanent mowing job every fortnight. Our yard has never looked better. Great people, great experience. Would highly recommend them.
What a great company. Its really refreshing to get a mowing job done where you as a person feel looked after. Will use them again on an ongoing basis. Please try them, you will be glad you did.
My initial mowing job was quite a difficult task for the person from Fox Mowing as the grass was tall. However, the skill and patience he showed was admirable. He took his time and made sure that the yard was brought to its original glory days. Cannot recommend them highly enough. They truly are a cut above the rest.
Fox gave me a quote, made an arrangement, set the time and date, and was here on time and did what we discussed. Would use Fox again for sure.
Chris was very accommodating to my tight deadline. Extremely happy with both the customer service and the work undertaken.
A small kept homestead lawn in the Tennent district starts from $50, larger house lawns with edging and a blow-off are $70 to $150+, garden visits begin at $70 and standing-grass recovery from $100 to $250+. Everything beyond the house lawn on a Tennent block, from paddocks and tracks to fire breaks, is quoted on site, because rural work in the far south is priced on hectares, grass height and terrain.
Yes. Slashing paddocks, tracks, boundaries and fire breaks on rural leases and bush blocks in the Tennent district below Mount Tennent is the main work our operators do out here, with the gear brought down on scheduled runs from the southern Tuggeranong suburbs.
Because the flats along the Gudgenby River are a frost hollow. Cold air drains off Mount Tennent and the Namadgi ranges and settles on the low ground, so frosts in the Tennent district can run into late September and the soil is slow to warm. Warm-season grass will not move until the ground is properly warm in October, and then it grows fast, so the first cut is timed to growth rather than a date.
We can. Windbreak and shelter-belt pruning, hedge shaping, mulching and clearing dead material from the garden edge are done by our operators on Tennent blocks from $70 a visit, normally on the same trip as the slashing so you are not paying for two trips.
Yes. Leased and weekend properties in the Tennent district can be put on a seasonal schedule, with the house lawn mown, long grass kept down around buildings and the block left tidy between visits, and we will send a photo when the job is finished if you are not there.
Ring 1800 369 669 or use the form and let us know roughly how big the block is and where it sits south of Tharwa. A Fox Mowing ACT operator will book a walk-through on the next southern run, because Tennent acreage is never priced blind.