Rubbish removal at the Heads, where the river meets the sea
Moruya Heads sits where the Moruya River runs out to the ocean, and the way the place is built shapes the kind of clear-outs we do here. You have got beachfront and riverside homes near Bengello Beach and out toward Toragy Point, a good number of them holiday houses that only see their owners a few weekends a year. That mix means the rubbish stacks up in a particular way at the Heads. A garage that has been a dumping ground between visits, a back deck of sun-bleached outdoor furniture that the salt has finished off, an old beach trailer load of stuff nobody wants to cart back up the highway to Canberra or Sydney.
We're Capital Coastal Cleaning, an Indigenous-owned local team based up the road in Batemans Bay. Tyson started the business in 2023 and these days it's him, Shanice and Lisa doing the work. Because we already run down to Moruya and out to the Heads as one trip, we can swing a rubbish job in around the cleaning we're doing in the area, which keeps the cost sensible for a spot this far down the coast.
What we shift out of Heads properties
The bread and butter here's household junk, old furniture and whitegoods. We take away tired lounges and mattresses, the dead bar fridge from the garage, washing machines that have rusted out faster than they should because of the salt air, and the general clutter that builds up in a place that gets used hard over summer and then sits.
Beyond that we do green waste, which matters at the Heads where blocks back onto coastal scrub and the yards fill with lantana, palm fronds and storm-dropped branches. We clear garages, sheds and whole estates when a family home changes hands or an older resident is moving on. Pricing is by volume, so you only pay for the space your load actually takes up in the trailer, not a flat fee that punishes a small job. The one thing we don't touch is hazardous waste, so no asbestos, no chemicals, no gas bottles, paint tins or anything that needs a licensed handler.
Holiday houses and the between-guest pile-up
A lot of the Heads is short-stay rental. Owners list the place over summer, and between the cleaning and the changeovers we do, we keep finding the same thing: stuff that needs to leave but never does. Broken sun lounges, a cracked esky, the spare mattress that has been propped in the carport since Christmas, beach gear that guests left behind and the previous owner's leftovers in the shed.
If you run a holiday let near Bengello Beach or back along the river, it's worth pairing a rubbish run with your pre-season deep clean. We can clear the junk on the same visit, so the place is genuinely guest-ready and not just clean around a pile of things you've been meaning to deal with. For owners who only get down to the Heads now and then, we can let ourselves in, sort the load and send you photos so you don't have to make the trip just to point at a broken fridge.
Why the salt and sand make it worse here
Being right where the river opens to the sea, the Heads cops salt off the water and sand off Bengello Beach, and that takes a toll on anything left outside. Outdoor furniture corrodes, barbecues rust through, trampolines and play sets seize up, and aluminium frames pit and crumble. It happens faster here than it does for a place a few streets back from the water.
That's why so much of our removal work at the Heads is weathered outdoor gear that has simply reached the end. We pull it apart where we can, separate the metal for recycling and dispose of the rest responsibly rather than sending a whole trailer to landfill. A clear back deck or yard also makes a real difference when you're cleaning a coastal home, because the salt sits in the corners and crevices of all that old furniture and keeps spreading.
Estate clear-outs and moving on from the Heads
Moruya Heads has a steady community of permanent residents, and over the years homes change hands. We do full estate and downsizing clear-outs, often for families sorting out a parent's place or for owners finally letting go of a holiday house they have had for decades. These jobs are bigger and more personal than a single trailer load, and we treat them that way.
We'll work through a shed or garage that has forty years of fishing gear, tools and beach paraphernalia in it, set aside anything that might still have value or meaning, and clear the rest. Because we cover the Heads and Moruya town together, we can spread a big clear-out over a couple of visits without it costing the earth in travel, and we're happy to coordinate it alongside a bond clean or sale-ready clean if the property is heading to market.
Tying it in with an end of lease at the Heads
A fair share of properties at the Heads are rentals, and a bond clean often turns up things the tenants left behind: a busted dryer, a couch that wouldn't fit in the moving truck, a yard full of clippings from the last-minute tidy-up. An agent will knock back the bond over leftover rubbish just as quick as over a dirty oven.
When we're already doing an end of lease at the Heads, we can take that gear away in the same visit so the place is properly empty and presents clean to the agent. Our exit cleans are done to the REINSW standard and carry a bond-back guarantee, so if the agent flags the clean we'll come back and re-do it free within 72 hours. Clearing the rubbish at the same time means there's nothing left to argue over at handover.
Local team, easy to deal with
We're police-checked, fully insured and open seven days, and we use low-tox products on the cleaning side. We've a 5.0 rating from 110 Google reviews, which for a small local crew means a lot, because down here word gets around fast. If you've got a load to shift at the Heads, whether it's one old fridge or a whole shed, give us a call on 0479 184 498 and we'll sort out a time that lines up with our next run down to Moruya.
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Tyson and the local team
Capital Coastal Cleaning is owner-run by Tyson, who started the business here in Batemans Bay in 2023. A small, police-checked local team, the same faces each visit, and our name on every job, from Durras to Moruya.
