Slashing, Mowing & Fire Breaks

Slashing and fire breaks around Humevale and Whittlesea.

Oak Ridge Agriculture slashes paddocks, mows rural blocks and cuts fire breaks for landholders in Humevale, Whittlesea, Kinglake, Kinglake West, Wandong, Wallan, Mernda, Doreen, Yarrambat, Arthurs Creek, St Andrews and Eden Park. That is about 20 km around Humevale, VIC. Call Ryan on 0458 889 282 or send the form for a written quote.

City of Whittlesea · Nillumbik · Mitchell Shire

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What we cut

Paddocks, blocks, fence lines and breaks.

Paddock slashing on hobby farms and grazing blocks, before the grass cures into a fire load.
House blocks and lifestyle blocks mowed or slashed, as a one-off tidy-up or booked each season.
Fire breaks cut along the inside of your boundaries to the width your council asks for, then around the house, sheds and driveway.
Fence lines, laneways and roadside frontages, including the corners other operators skip.
A dated photo record of the finished job, so you can show the council it was done and when.

Tractor slashing a paddock, fresh-cut strips against taller grass.

What is the Fire Danger Period?

The Fire Danger Period is the stretch of the year when fire restrictions apply in your area. The CFA declares it municipality by municipality, based on how dry the local country is, so it can start on a different date in Whittlesea than in Nillumbik or Mitchell Shire. While it is on, burning off needs a permit and other fire restrictions apply. The CFA publishes the start and end dates for each municipality on its website.

For a landholder it is the practical deadline: the grass should be down and the breaks in before it starts.

What does a fire prevention notice mean?

A fire prevention notice is a formal direction from your council, issued under Victoria's fire laws, telling the owner or occupier to reduce a fire hazard on the property by a set date. It usually follows an inspection that found long grass or other fuel. The notice says what to do and by when.

If the work is not done by the date, the council can fine you and can send its own contractor to do the work and bill you for it. Many councils send a reminder letter before the season, which is not the notice itself. Either way, the fix is the same: get the block cut to what the letter or notice asks.

City of Whittlesea, 2026-27

What Whittlesea's letter asks for this season.

Grass kept down to 10 cm from November to March.
On rural properties in a grassland area, a fire break of at least 35 metres from every boundary.
A Fire Prevention Works Form if you are cutting hay or running stock instead. We can be the Land Manager on that form: we map the paddocks, draw the works plan, lodge it, then do the slashing.

These are the City of Whittlesea's rules. Nillumbik, Mitchell Shire and other councils set their own, and they can differ by property. Tell us your council and send a photo of your letter, and we will cut to exactly what it says.

How a job runs.

Call, text photos of the block, or send the form.
We look at the block, read your council letter, and give you a written quote.
We cut on the agreed date and photograph the finished job.
If you want, we book you in again next season so it never gets away.

Costed by the hour, or a fixed price for the block after a look.
The quote is the price.

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What do you slash?

Paddocks, hobby farms, house and lifestyle blocks, fence lines, laneways, roadside frontages and fire breaks, around Humevale, Whittlesea, Kinglake, Kinglake West, Wandong, Wallan, Mernda, Doreen, Yarrambat, Arthurs Creek, St Andrews and Eden Park.

How wide does my fire break need to be?

Whatever your council requires. In the City of Whittlesea, rural properties in a grassland area need a fire break of at least 35 metres from every boundary. Other councils set their own widths, so check your letter or notice. We cut to the notice, and the dated photo record shows it was done.

When is the Fire Danger Period?

The CFA declares the Fire Danger Period separately for each municipality, based on local conditions, so the start date differs from council to council and year to year. The CFA website lists the current dates. Have the grass down and the breaks in before it starts.

What is a fire prevention notice?

A formal direction from your council to reduce a fire hazard on your property by a set date, usually after an inspection finds long grass or other fuel. If it is not done in time the council can fine you and send its own contractor, then bill you. A reminder letter before the season is not the notice itself.

How short does the grass need to be?

Whatever your letter or notice says. The City of Whittlesea's 2026-27 letter asks rural owners to keep grass down to 10 cm from November to March. Other councils set their own height.

What does slashing cost?

Slashing is costed by the hour, or a fixed price for the block after a look, because ground, growth and access change the job. We quote in writing, and the quote is the price.

Fully insured. Public liability cover, certificates on request Licensed & certified. ChemCert / ACUP and Commercial Operator Licence Native-veg literate. We know what needs a permit before we touch it Owner-operated. The person who quotes is the person who turns up Local & accountable. Humevale · ABN 56 765 260 369 We turn up. Clear quote, on time, finished when we said

Get the block cut before the grass cures.

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