Rural properties are quoted individually rather than off a rate card. Ring 1300 545 489, tell us the block size, the buildings on it and whether there is grazing land involved, and what we quote is what you pay, free either way.

It is, though almost everyone knows it only as a road junction. The Blacksoil Interchange is the reason: a 93.4 million dollar grade separation of the Warrego and Brisbane Valley Highways, which puts the name into traffic reports across the region. Behind it sits a locality of 1.8 square kilometres with 106 residents and 32 homes, rural residential in the north and grazing in the south. It is a real place with people living in it, just a very small one.

Because the Bureau of Statistics does not publish them. The census page for Blacksoil carries a notice that limited information has been provided due to the small population, so dwelling structure and tenure figures are simply not available. We could pull numbers from a commercial property website and present them as census data, and plenty of pages do exactly that, but they would not be census figures and we would rather tell you what we actually know.

Every twelve months at minimum, and more often on a treed block or one with substantial old timber infrastructure. The QBCC’s recommendation is annual inspection and reporting wherever the hazard rating is high and CSIRO national termite survey marks this region high hazard. Organise a termite inspection and we will carry the reminder forward each year.

Ironpot Creek runs through the locality, but Ipswich City Council’s published flood study list does not include an Ironpot Creek study, so there is no modelled extent we can point you to and we are not going to invent one. If it matters for a specific block, council is the right place to ask. What we can speak to is what creek proximity means for moisture and pest pressure around your buildings.

Yes, and on grazing land they earn the attention. Timber fence posts sit in ground for decades with nobody looking at them, and they are one of the most reliable places we find termite activity on a rural block. Old yard rails, disused sheds and the remains of previous structures are the same. Catching a colony in a fence line before it works toward the house is exactly what a rural inspection is for.

Twelve months on every general pest treatment, and anything named on your certificate that returns in that period is re-treated at no cost. Termite treatment and rodent baiting each carry their own quote and warranty terms. You will find the full wording in our terms and conditions.