Landscape Preparation, Earthworks and Excavation across the Fraser Coast

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20+Years Experience * $20 Million Public Liability Cover * 1000mm Tight-Access Capability

From rough ground to landscaping-ready we do  professional excavation, site preparation, drainage, turf and garden makeovers, delivered by a family owned and operated local business.

With more than 20 years' experience operating machinery and completing landscaping and earthworks, Glenn can help prepare, reshape and improve your outdoor space.

Logo for Hervey Bay Earth Works featuring cartoon construction machines with muscular arms, with the text "HERVEY BAY EARTH WORKS".
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A dirt and gravel pathway on a steep incline, with a small cat walking down it. On the left, a wooden fence, and on the right, the side of a modern white house with a small balcony, bushes, and large rocks. Overcast sky above.
A sloped backyard with freshly tilled dark soil, a wooden retaining wall with small plants on the left, a house with piping on the right, and a blue compact excavator in the foreground. A clear blue sky with scattered clouds overhead.
A pathway with a blue surface runs alongside a garden with rocks and small plants, with a wooden fence on one side and a white wall on the other.

Practical earthworks with an

eye for the finished result

Hervey Bay Earth Works is a family owned and operated business providing excavation, landscape preparation and property improvement services throughout the Fraser Coast region.

With more than 20 years' experience in machinery operation, landscaping and earthworks, Glenn brings practical knowledge to every job from tight-access residential work and yard levelling through to commercial site preparation, drainage, garden makeovers, irrigation and artificial turf installation.

Whether you are planning a new garden, improving drainage, installing turf or clearing and reshaping an outdoor area, the focus is always on reliable service, careful workmanship and a quality result.

A gravel area being prepared for paving, with some construction barriers and a worker's legs visible.
A section of sidewalk under construction with plastic grid base and a pile of dirt on top, adjacent to a street intersection.
Green lawn with a sidewalk and a street in the background, trees casting shadows on the grass and a red fence.

Services

Colourful outdoor play area rubber surfacing, a boat-shaped sandbox with a pink steering wheel, wooden posts forming a pathway or arch, playing panels, and a pathway with multicolored tiles, surrounded by trees and a metal fence.
A cleared yard ready for turf around a palm tree and a partially paved driveway, a house with a red roof, a white van parked nearby, and a fence in the background under a clear blue sky.
Freshly laid lawn after site excavated and garden landscape with a sprinkler watering the garden.
A large cleared yard area with a house in the background, trees on the right, and a fenced yard with new concrete paving and some patches of dirt.

    • Yard levelling and reshaping

    • New garden preparation and garden makeovers

    • Turf preparation and installation

    • Artificial turf supply and installation - start to finish

    • Irrigation systems - supply and installation, from basic setups to fully automated systems

    • Mulching

    • Palm and small-tree removal or transplanting

    • Tight-access excavation

    • Trenching

    • Post-hole augering

    • Drainage preparation and solutions

    • Retaining and rock-wall preparation

    • Concrete slab preparation - working alongside a QBCC-licensed concreter for driveways, paths and shed slabs, from prep through to the pour

    • New road-base driveways - supply and installation

    • Gravel driveway preparation

    • Dry creek-bed excavation and installation

    • Site clean-ups

    • Property clean-ups

    • Soil, vegetation and material removal

    • Green waste and spoil disposal

    • Residential, commercial and rural work

    • Rubber softfall surfacing

    • Artificial turf installation

    • Playground and outdoor-area preparation

    • Rubber surfacing preparation and installation

Previous projects

Site preparation for artificial turf
site levelled for artificial turn installation
Artificial turf installed around pool
Garden beds and paths
concrete garden path, gardens with mulch finishing
retaining wall garden and yard levelling
Artificial turf installation and retaining wall garden
trenching for drainage
pipe install and large trench
site preparation for artificial turf install
Site cleared for landscaping and turf
New site cleared for new build
Site excavation preparation
Playground
Speciaist surface install
specialist surface install and finishing
playground install
tight access for yard clearing

The Crew

Cartoon construction vehicles with happy faces and the owner in a bright orange polo shirt standing with arms crossed.

RT-40 Posi-Track

A compact track loader for levelling, spreading and moving material, with a six-in-one bucket, spreader bar and optional pallet forks.

Mini Excavator

Built for digging, trenching, drainage and retaining preparation. Its tracks narrow to approximately 1,000 mm for tighter access.

Tipper Truck

Used to remove spoil and green waste and deliver materials such as road base, soil, mulch and gravel where required.

Owner/Operator

Glenn has more than 20 years' experience across machinery operation, landscaping, earthworks and specialist surfacing, with practical advice and direct communication.

Machinery for residential and tight-access work

Equipment available for hire!

Icon image of an excaator for earth works such as landscapes, site clearing, yard clean and trenching

    • Standard access width of approximately 1,250 mm

    • Tracks can narrow to approximately 1,000 mm

    • Tilt hitch for improved control and finishing

    • Sleeper grab available on request

    • Rock grab available on request

Black and white icon image of an auger for drilling holes of various sizes

    • 200 mm

    • 300 mm

    • 450 mm

    • 600 mm

black and white icon image of tractor

    • Minimum access width of approximately 1,250 mm

    • Six-in-one bucket

    • Spreader bar

    • Pallet forks available on request

Hervey Bay Earth Works operates machinery suited to residential, commercial and rural jobs, including sites with restricted access. Larger machinery is also available on request, depending on the scope of works.

This makes it easier to complete post holes, landscaping preparation and excavation work in areas where larger machinery may not have suitable access.

*Access requirements may vary depending on the terrain, slope, gates and surrounding structures.

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Specialist Experience

Playground with blue rubber flooring, black posts, and metal pole, grassy area, white building with a sign, trees and cloudy sky in the background.
Construction site with large holes and black pipes sticking out of the ground, surrounded by dirt and gravel, with a fenced area and a building in the background.

Experienced in specialist outdoor surfacing

In addition to general excavation and earthworks, Glenn has extensive experience working with rubber surfacing, softfall systems, artificial turf and related installation work.

Recent project experience includes multiple rubber surfacing and artificial turf installations at Hervey Bay Special School and Maryborough Special School.

This specialist background provides an understanding of the careful preparation, levels, drainage and finishing required for safe, durable outdoor surfaces.

Client Reviews

  • I highly recommend Hervey Bay earth works. Glenn is a professional, reliable and easy to communicate with from start to finish. Highly recommend!!!

    Chloe Jones

  • Highly recommend Glenn at Hervey Bay Earth Works, has a keen eye for detail leaving a professional finish on all works completed. For all your earthworks needs Glenn is your man.

    Kevin Sims

  • Glenn and Co of Hervey Bay earthworks are a fantastic mob to deal with. I have been using them for all of my earthworks for a number of years now as a local Concreter and always found them to be reliable, professional and very thorough.

    Tommy Ryan

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Servicing Hervey Bay and the Fraser Coast

Hervey Bay Earth Works provides excavation and landscaping services throughout the Fraser Coast region, including Hervey Bay, Maryborough, Torquay, Urangan, Scarness, Pialba, Kawungan, Wondunna, Urraween, Dundowran, Craignish, River Heads, Booral, Toogoom, Howard and surrounding areas.

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