Pest Control Robina, QLD 4226

Why Robina properties face the pressures they do

The housing stock

Robina was grazing land until 1980, when 20 km² was bought for development. It was established in 1985 as one of Australia’s first master-planned communities, and the population grew from 3,119 in 1986 to 25,659 at the 2021 Census. The stock is 1980s–2000s: 54.6% separate houses and 31.6% townhouses, typically slab-on-ground.

Water, ground and moisture

Robina was planned around water: three lakes (Robina Waters, Lake Orr and West Lake) plus Mudgeeraba Creek. Lake and creek frontages keep the ground moist, and irrigated gardens against the slab add more.

Vegetation on the doorstep

The Glades, Robina Woods and Colonial golf courses and the lake parklands run through the suburb, with mature trees along many boundaries.

What we actually look at in Robina

Slab edges, subfloors, stumps, weep holes and ant caps — plus the interior room by room, the roof void where there is safe access, and the fences, retaining walls, stumps, decks and trees inside the property boundary. Termites arrive from the yard, not the front door.

The four things that most often matter on a Robina property:

• Slab edges, weep holes and expansion joints on 1980s–2000s brick homes, which is where Robina termite entries are usually found.
• Original construction treated zones that have reached the end of their life or been cut by later paving and pools.
• Lake and golf-course frontages with damp ground and mature trees.
• Townhouse complexes with shared walls and gardens, where one entry can affect several homes.

Where Robina sits on termite risk

CSIRO’s termite hazard map (Managing Termites, CSIRO) places south-east Queensland, including the Gold Coast, in Zone C, medium hazard, on a four-band scale (A negligible, B low, C medium, D high). CSIRO’s framing is that risk on the mainland “generally increases in a northerly direction, with the highest risk in the subtropics and tropics.” The map is regional, not suburb-level, so what actually changes street by street is the construction, the moisture and the vegetation described above.

Source: CSIRO, Managing Termites (CSIRO Infratech), Figure 3, after Leicester et al. (2003), A risk model for termite attack in Australia. The hazard map is regional, not suburb-level.

The termites that matter here

Two subterranean species do most of the structural damage in Robina: Coptotermes acinaciformis, which Queensland Government describes as the most economically important and widespread subterranean termite, and Schedorhinotermes species. Both occur throughout Queensland and both attack all timber, especially pine. The West Indian drywood termite (Cryptotermes brevis) is also established in parts of south-east Queensland; it needs no ground contact and lives on the moisture in the timber itself. Full species detail and what each one does →

Our services in Robina

A general pest treatment is $300 including GST for a standard Robina home — inside, outside and the accessible roof void. A termite inspection with a written AS 3660.2 report is $350, and a Termidor HE treated zone is measured and quoted at $78 per lineal metre. German cockroach is excluded from general treatments and quoted separately at $180 per affected room. Full price list and exclusions →

Every product we apply is APVMA-registered for the use we put it to and applied at label rate, and we will tell you what went where. We do not describe treatments as chemical free, non-toxic or one hundred per cent safe. Every product we use, by name →

Around Robina

We work Robina regularly: Robina Town Centre, Robina Stadium, Bond University, Robina station and the streets around the lakes. Population was 25,659 at the 2021 Census.

Pest control in Robina — frequently asked