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Naturestrips

Naturestrips are mostly a small piece of relatively unusable land in front of residential homes, alongside streets and roads.  Often with a myriad of underground services and light or wire poles jutting up from the surface.  The majority of naturestips consist of grass with many containing a street tree maintained by council.  The area mediates between a residential dwelling, the footpath and road areas and serves as a crossing point for pedestrians and a repository for rubbish bins to be collected from. 

Naturestrips have the potential to be so much more and a number of residents have taken up the opportunity to better their street and gain a beautified public frontage to their property

Maintaining a naturestrip

It is a common and accepted practice in Australia that the property owner / occupier of abutting properties maintain the naturestrip whatever the surface finish, this excludes the street tree which is maintained by council. The one exception is where a pensioner resides in the dwelling. In this instance a mowing service is provided by council.

Pensioner mowing service

If you receive the senior citizens pension from Centrelink you are eligible for the pensioner mowing service. Please call Skye Allan for a form 9209 6821 and your naturestrip will be mown by the parks and open space contractor.

For more informaiton

Use eServices to ask a question, request information or give us feedback online. If you prefer phone ASSIST on (03) 9209 6777 and ask for Parks and Open Space.