Seasons · 2 min
The Top End Calendar: Build-Up, Wet, Dry and When to Dig in Darwin
Darwin has two seasons and a build-up, and each one changes what a mini excavator can do. The month-by-month reality for Top End earthworks.
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Buying and digging in Northern Territory
Written for Northern Territory: the ground, the rules, the costs and the machines.
Buying · 2 min
Getting a Machine to Darwin or Alice Springs: Freight, Timing and Spares
The Territory is a long way from the Gold Coast warehouse. How road, rail and barge freight works, what it costs, how long it takes and why...
Ground conditions · 3 min
Laterite and Black Soil: Digging Around Darwin and the Rural Area
The orange gravel of the Darwin plateau and the black soil of the flats behave in opposite ways. Footings, drainage, bores and the attachmen...