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's Queanbeyan and Jerrabomberra operators look after Tralee, the new South Jerrabomberra estate on the ACT border, from the first turf on a bare block to a settled lawn.
Fox Mowing ACT mows and gardens across Tralee, the new suburb tucked between the ACT border, Hume and the older streets of Jerrabomberra. The name comes from Tralee in Ireland, but the story here is recent: a plan for 5,000 residential blocks approved in 2008 over the objections of Canberra Airport, whose flight path crosses the site, and a rezoning finally confirmed in November 2012. Building began as part of the South Jerrabomberra district, and the old Tralee Speedway, which ran from 1970 to 1997, was cleared to make way for a regional sports complex.
So the lawns here are new — some of them only weeks old. That changes almost everything about how we mow: the height, the timing, how much we leave on the ground and what we say to owners about water. The blocks sit on the lower slopes of Pemberton Hill at roughly 610 metres above sea level, on ground weathered from acid volcanic rock that drains fast and holds little. Our operators come out of Queanbeyan and Jerrabomberra and work the 2620 postcode every day, so a Tralee lawn is quoted by someone who has watched a hundred of them get started.
Book your free Tralee quoteFrom a bare lot near the new sports complex to a lawn that has had two summers, the visit is set for the age of the grass.
Weekly or fortnightly through the growing season, with edges along the new concrete and a blow-down of the drive. What is included is on our lawn mowing and edging pages.
We lay new turf on prepared ground and mow it lightly and high until it has rooted, which on Tralee’s fast-draining soil is the difference between a lawn and a mat of dead rolls.
New-estate frontages are small and the back yard is often part paved. A small maintained Tralee lawn is from $50, and we do not round it up.
What is under a new Tralee lawn is usually a thin layer of imported soil over compacted fill and volcanic rock. Top dressing and soil conditioning build depth over the first few seasons.
There is no shade yet. We cut higher from December, and drought protection before the heatwaves keeps young turf from browning off in its first summer.
New estates draw investors, and a tenanted Tralee home needs a lawn kept on schedule without the owner driving out. Regular rounds plus end-of-lease tidy-ups cover it.
A Tralee garden starts with what the builder or landscaper put in: a row of screening plants along the fence, a few tube-stock natives, a bed of bark chip. Our operators cover hedging and pruning, weeding, mulching, garden clean-ups and green waste removal from $70 a visit.
The first two years decide how a new garden turns out. Screening hedges need tip-pruning early so they fill in at the bottom instead of racing up thin. Beds on raw fill need a thick organic mulch before the first hot westerly rather than after, and a wetting agent because the soil under them repels water once it dries. Young trees on an open site with wind coming across from the ACT side need their stakes checked and any damaged limbs pruned cleanly. We can also set up a garden maintenance schedule so all of it happens without you having to remember.
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Tralee shares the Queanbeyan-area guide prices below; new-turf and soil work is quoted per block. Our full pricing guide covers everything else.
| Lawn service | Guide price from | Typical inclusions |
|---|---|---|
| Small maintained lawn — mow, edge & blow | From $50 | Compact new-estate front and back lawns, kept on a schedule, with clear side access. |
| Medium to large — mow, edges & blow | From $70-$150+ | Mowing, edges along new paths and driveways, trimming by fences and a blow-down. |
| Gardening basic visit | From $70 | Hedge tip-pruning, weeding, bed tidy, mulching and green waste removal on a young garden. |
| Overgrown lawn recovery | From $100-$250+ | A lawn left through its first wet spring: several passes, catcher work and clean-up. |
| Acreage / ride-on / slashing | Quoted on site | Larger rural-fringe lots on the Royalla and Environa edges of Tralee, cut with ride-on gear or a slasher. |
Important: These are Tralee starting guide prices. Your final quote depends on lawn size, how new the turf is, side access past the build, and how often you book.
New lawns are quoted for what they need now, not what they will need in five years.
Operators from Queanbeyan and Jerrabomberra who have watched South Jerrabomberra go from paddock to streets.
Our Tralee crews cover Jerrabomberra, Hume, Environa and out to Royalla, so they know the wind, the soil and which streets are still building.
Small maintained lawns from $50, gardening from $70, new turf and soil work quoted per block. The number on the quote is the number on the invoice.
All Fox Mowing ACT operators are fully insured and police-checked, which matters on an estate where many owners are still moving in.
Edges along fresh concrete, trimming around the meter box and letterbox, and the drive blown clean every time.
Fortnightly, monthly, one-off before handover or a pre-settlement tidy. We fit around builders, removalists and the commute into Canberra.
Call 1800 FOX MOW or use the form. Most Tralee mowing jobs can be priced from the street; new-turf work gets a quick site visit.
A lawn’s first year on the exposed lower slopes of Pemberton Hill is the hard one. Turf laid in late spring or summer, once the soil is above 18 degrees, roots fastest, but it also meets the hot north-westerlies straight away and needs deep watering two or three times a week before 9 am. The autumn flush in March and April is the best time to feed a young lawn with a potassium-rich mix and to top dress any low spots left by settling fill. Then the frost arrives around May and a buffalo or couch lawn goes straw-coloured until September — alarming on a lawn that has only just taken, but normal. Spring rain in September and October brings it back, and by the second summer the roots are deep enough to cope. We change the mowing height and interval with each of those stages rather than running one setting all year.
We mow right across Queanbeyan and its surrounds — Tralee, Jerrabomberra, Environa, Hume, Karabar, Queanbeyan West, Queanbeyan East, Crestwood, Googong, Royalla, Gilmore and Macarthur — and across the wider Queanbeyan area. 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.
Small maintained lawns in Tralee start from $50, which covers most new-estate front and back yards, and a medium to large mow with edges and blow-down is $70 to $150+. Gardening visits start at $70, laying new turf is quoted per block after a look at the ground, and an overgrown block is a recovery job from $100 to $250+. A Queanbeyan-based operator confirms the price on site.
Usually two to three weeks, once the rolls have rooted and cannot be lifted at the corners, and the first cut should take off no more than a third of the leaf. New turf in Tralee sits on thin soil over fill, so we mow high, keep the mower light and leave the catcher on until the lawn is dense enough to handle clippings.
Almost always because the soil under it is too shallow to hold water and the site has no shade. Tralee is a young estate on the lower slopes of Pemberton Hill with fast-draining volcanic subsoil and hot westerlies coming across open ground. Deep watering before 9 am two or three times a week, a mowing height of 50 millimetres or more, and a wetting agent or top dressing to build the soil will bring the colour back.
Yes. Hedging, pruning, mulching, bed weeding and clean-ups are all part of a Tralee gardening visit from $70. Builder-planted screening hedges need tip-pruning in their first year so they thicken at the base, and beds on raw fill want a deep mulch and a wetting agent before the first hot spell.
Yes. A lot of new homes in Tralee are tenanted, and our operators run scheduled mowing and garden upkeep for property managers and owners who live elsewhere, with end-of-lease tidy-ups when tenants change. Gate access is all we need.
Call 1800 369 669 or fill in the form on this page and a local Fox Mowing ACT operator will ring you back, usually the same day. Straightforward Tralee mowing can be quoted from the street; turf laying and soil work get a short site visit first.