The Odd Oddjobs Man

The Odd Oddjobs Man Reliable and honest local handyman in Townsville to take care of those little odd jobs around the house and yard
No job too small. Landscaping a specialty.

Xmas Eve finished a big plant out. Tiny, small and large plants. Couch turf is coming along, top dressing soon. Full und...
27/12/2018

Xmas Eve finished a big plant out. Tiny, small and large plants. Couch turf is coming along, top dressing soon. Full underground Dripline irrigation.

What an awesome day, start at sunrise and knock off at 1pm. Continued working on Hyde Park job. Shifting soil, weeding, ...
30/10/2018

What an awesome day, start at sunrise and knock off at 1pm. Continued working on Hyde Park job. Shifting soil, weeding, bit of a mow. David Whitehead, Cleveland Bay Plumbing asks me to drop in to a joint client on Castle Hill, water leak downstairs, how about a main water line rupture between the meter and house. She has a temporary water feed to her house whilst insurance company sorts out its thing. Isorted all the preliminaries and David rocks up to do the licenced stuff. Great working combination.
Start in the dark, finish in the dark. Good day on the tools.

Today was the completion of an epic 17 day project for a client at Alice River in the Townsville rural area.Scope of pr...
23/10/2018

Today was the completion of an epic 17 day project for a client at Alice River in the Townsville rural area.
Scope of project was to remove, repair and replace existing culvert, remove pavers from collapsed driveway, re-lay pavers that were twisted out to 25 metres, identify and remediate driveway, reinforce driveway, install drainage, re-lay all pavers. Lay turf to mitigate soil erosion.

Professional assistance and materials were supplied by Regional Certification Group, Kerbways Structural Concreters, Cleveland Bay Plumbing, Flintstones Landscaping Land and Paragon Gardens Turf.

Epic day on the tools.Spread seriously a lot of fine mulchLay turfSpread soil for turfCare for recently laid turf,
29/09/2018

Epic day on the tools.
Spread seriously a lot of fine mulch
Lay turf
Spread soil for turf
Care for recently laid turf,

Completed a major stage today. 80 square metres of couch turf, a few of mulch and 30 plants . Major backyard reno with v...
27/09/2018

Completed a major stage today. 80 square metres of couch turf, a few of mulch and 30 plants . Major backyard reno with very tight access. Planting specifically to attract Cairns Birdwing butterflies and Ulysses butterflies. All underground Dripline irrigation, and I will roll the turf tomorrow. I was fairly tired this arvo.

Two feature Desert Roses to a clients front door planted yesterday. Yellow and Triple Santa.
08/09/2018

Two feature Desert Roses to a clients front door planted yesterday. Yellow and Triple Santa.

The chookens should be moving into their new home today. Put down a fibrecrete concrete slab yesterday for the chooks ne...
20/02/2017

The chookens should be moving into their new home today. Put down a fibrecrete concrete slab yesterday for the chooks new home. Clients all put a hand print and I did a palm leaf impression.

Did the final job of cleaning/clearing the yards at Rose Street, North Ward for Tarquinn from North Ward Reality.Tarquin...
22/11/2016

Did the final job of cleaning/clearing the yards at Rose Street, North Ward for Tarquinn from North Ward Reality.
Tarquinn is a no bull$hit real estate man. Tells clients straight up what they need to do to sell their place. He is one of Townsville's most successful agents, must be the no bull5hit policy.
Some of the palm leaves to take away.

We have started the QBuild job. Me doing the demolition, clean up and putting in new soil structure, and Racheal gets to...
24/06/2016

We have started the QBuild job. Me doing the demolition, clean up and putting in new soil structure, and Racheal gets to order my bulk requirements. Now my unique soil is loam, sand, bagasse, decomposed peanut shell, shredded dried palm leaves, minerals including calcium, gypsum, potassium, iron and sulphur. I don't have millmud included in the mix, I put it in afterwards. Just so little black spots don't transfer into the premises. Lesson learnt.
There is no fertiliser in the soil.
Soil is my business, I love soil

15/06/2016

Today I was awarded the QBuild contract for landscaping services to Palm Island. First off I have to do a display garden in Kirwan, Townsville. Next FY there is many gardens to create on Palm Island using local employ, FIFO.
Big thanks to Stuart Watson, Ceclia Ayoub and Bernie Hock. All the BNI brethren.
BNI works for me.
Anyone in Townsville want to come along to a awesome breakfast, meet business leaders and promote your business?

This week I would like to advise on herbicide. Now I get the opportunity to work in a prestige garden where the gardener...
10/06/2016

This week I would like to advise on herbicide. Now I get the opportunity to work in a prestige garden where the gardener has made a shumoozle of it. Always stipulate to tradies coming on your property what chemicals you will allow.
When working near foliage always shield it to stop over spray, it will kill your treasured plants. I sparingly use a herbicide called BDMA, 2.3 grams per 10 litres of water as a concentrate, then apply as a hose on. All broad leaf plants on the lawn will die. At 3 grams it will kill buffalo. Couch could probably take a tonne. Lol. Monsanto Round Up or Zero should only be used for spot weeds and WITH the owners permission.
Some of my clients have strict policies on herbicide,
NQ Legal attract Ulysses And Bird Wing butterflies, Red Throated Finches, Honeyeaters and Green Tree frogs,
Miss Rhonda of Castle Hill has Rosellas and Ulysses butterflies, and
Miss Betty of Yarrawonga has the Castle Hill goats and Wallabies.
These people enjoy their garden with their native wildlife.

Big day for The Odd Man.First task, a clean up of a yard and pool for a house listed for sale with Tarquinius Watson at ...
21/05/2016

Big day for The Odd Man.
First task, a clean up of a yard and pool for a house listed for sale with Tarquinius Watson at North Ward Reality.
Second Task, help Scouts at a working bee. I got the pruning job and tree trimming. Watched some parents lay 4 metres of pavers for 4 hours, gave them my tools, then I laid 10 metres in one hour when finished pruning. And I didn't stick my nose in to their work. Tired now and the little trailer is chockas.

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