Healesville garbage man Leigh Davies wins praise after community Facebook message

When a fallen tree blocked a Healesville road during recent wild weather, this garbage collector went above and beyond to let homeowners know he hadn’t forgotten to pick up their bins.

Garbo Leigh Davies has been praised for his quick thinking in Healesville.

A garbage man been hailed a legend for his community spirit after using social media to let Healesville residents know a fallen tree wouldn’t deter the rubbish pick-up.

Leigh Davies went above and beyond the call of duty when he was prevented from collecting a rubbish bin along Margaret Rd as the street was blocked by a tree.

Mr Davies posted in the Facebook Healesville Noticeboard community page telling the affected residents, “Your bins aren’t missed, I’ll swing by later … Love, your garbo”.

Jock checking the road is clear after a tree fell.

Jock helping his dad Phil Budding clear away a fallen tree in Healesville.

The post attracted more than 460 likes with the community praising Mr Davies community spirit.

Meanwhile Phil Budding who runs business Phil from Healesville, went down with his son Jock (pictured) to chop up the fallen tree so Mr Davies could get to the bin.

On the post Woody Dickson said it was an example of great community spirit.

“Good on ya fellas,” he said.

While Sue Bleumink said: “Thank you so much to the garbo for this post and for thinking of the residents and for the heads up. Locals helping locals is awesome.”

And Steve Crawford said: “That garbo is a legend.”

Mr Davies said he usually went past collecting rubbish about 6.30am and there was a tree down along the road.

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“I just wanted to let them know I’d be back,” he said.

“I thought, I’ll go do the rest of my run and can go back afterwards.”

Mr Davies said while he’s from Frankston he loves his Yarra Valley route and joined several community Facebook groups in case of situations like this one including cattle on the road or a dog loose.

“I’m from a country town in the Mallee and sometimes it’s a quick fix to get it sorted,” he said.

“We don’t have direct contact with the residents … so if it helps someone how good is that.”

Mr Davies said he often received Christmas presents from generous residents on his run and he leaves them a festive thank you note.