Paving Mullaloo, about 12.3 km from Landsdale
Mullaloo is a small beach suburb of about 6,200 people in the City of Joondalup, developed from the late 1950s, and it is about 12.3 km west of IBP Paving's base in Landsdale. The housing is older than the suburbs inland of it and so is the paving: original driveways, concrete paths and bitumen crossovers from the 1960s are still in service on many lots, pitted and crusted by sixty years of salt. We replace them, and we lay new pool surrounds and alfresco areas for the owners who are rebuilding. Over 20 years in the trade and a lifetime workmanship warranty come with every job.
Replacing a bitumen crossover: Joondalup's $375 payment
Many Mullaloo crossovers are the original bitumen, and bitumen is now on the City of Joondalup's list of materials not permitted for a residential crossover. The City pays to see it gone.
"The City will make a one-off payment of $375 towards the construction of a crossover provided the crossover is installed in accordance with the City's Crossover guidelines." The payment applies to a first crossover or the replacement of an old bitumen crossover, and "The City will not provide a subsidy towards the construction of a second crossover on the same lot." Claims are made within six months of construction with proof of payment.
Sources: City of Joondalup, Verges and crossovers web page; Crossover Guidelines Residential and Non-Residential (May 2026).
No application is needed to modify an existing crossover that meets the guidelines. The replacement can be segmented clay or concrete pavers, concrete or flagstone products, with the apron and kerb in plain grey pre-mix, between 3 and 6 metres wide and at least 0.5 metres from the side boundary. If the lot is being redeveloped and the old crossover is no longer used, the City requires it to be removed and the verge reinstated.
Verges without footpaths: the 1.5 metre strip
Several Mullaloo streets have no footpath, and the City of Joondalup's Street Verge Guidelines treat those verges differently. A 1.5 metre strip from the back of the kerb must stay clear, with vegetation kept under 600 mm so that pedestrians and sight lines are not obstructed. Hardstand such as brick paving or poured limestone may cover 75 square metres or half the verge area, whichever is less, excluding footpaths and crossovers, and 1 metre must be kept clear around the base of any street tree. Loose materials including pea gravel are not permitted, nor are parking embayments. Verge paving in Mullaloo is popular because lawn struggles in the sand and the wind, and done to these limits it needs no application.
Sources: City of Joondalup, Street Verge Guidelines (Version 2.6, December 2016); Verges and crossovers web page.
Sixty years of salt: paver grade in Mullaloo
Mullaloo runs from the beach to about 1.5 km inland, so the whole suburb is within the marine exposure band of the brick industry's durability classification and most of it is in the severe marine band, which is land within 1 km of a surf coast. Severe marine calls for exposure grade clay units; marine calls for general purpose grade. The classification is for bricks and no supplier publishes a paver equivalent, so we treat exposure grade clay and dense wet-cast concrete as the Mullaloo standard, bed them on washed sand, sweep the joints with sand rather than mortar, and seal once cured; sealing and cleaning explains the maintenance. The ground is Quindalup shell sand near the foreshore and Spearwood sand over Tamala Limestone inland, both free draining, with limestone possible on a deep soakwell dig. The saltwater wedge in the groundwater reaches no more than about 250 metres from the ocean. The foreshore reserve is a bushfire interface for the houses that face it.
Source: Midland Brick and Think Brick, Brick Durability factsheet (August 2025).
Late 1950s homes, full replacement
A Mullaloo paving job is rarely a relay. The surfaces are too old and too salt damaged, so the work is replacement: the original driveway comes out, the base is rebuilt in compacted limestone, and coastal grade pavers go down with the new crossover. Pool surrounds are replaced in limestone or travertine, and alfresco areas are extended. Soakwells are added where the original house had none: the City of Joondalup's residential sheet asks for runoff to be kept within the lot, about one downpipe per 15 square metres of roof, and each unit set back by at least its width, all on our Joondalup soakwell requirements page. Kallaroo to the south and Beldon inland, both 1970s suburbs without a page of their own, are covered from here.
Nearby suburbs
Mullaloo has Ocean Reef to the north, Hillarys to the south beyond Kallaroo, and Joondalup inland past Beldon. All are on areas we service.
