Sand, Soil & Rock
Sand, Soil & Rock Products in Ballan
Crossroads Trading has a wide range of sands, soils, barks, mulches and aggregates. We are sure to have what you’re looking for to tackle your projects. If you need guidance, we are on hand to assist.
Soil & Compost
For your lawn & garden
Top Soil
This Soil is a fine grain soil blend with moderate to low organic matter, meaning great drainage, great stability and minimal slump under lawns. An ideal organic mixture formulated to make the perfect lawn soil.
Perfect for:
Ideal for new lawn and instant turf.
Top Soil + Compost (Garden Blend)
Our garden soil is the perfect blend of soil and composted organic matter. We mix our soil with our compost to create a perfect blend for all gardens.
Perfect for:
- General garden beds
- Veggie patches
- Garden renovations
- Top ups and improving poor soil
- Trees, shrubs, general gardens
Composted Manure
For your Flower & Vegetable Garden
Bio Compost
This Compost is sourced locally and is created from composted greenwaste and organic material. Otherwise known as Bio Compost, it is mixed with existing garden soil to:
- Increase organic matter levels
- Improve soil moisture retention
- Provide a range of nutrients
- Improve the physical properties of the soil, including its structure, friability and permeability
- Encourage worms and reduce soil compaction.
Perfect for:
- Garden beds
- Rose gardens
- Vegetable gardens.
Forrest Bark Mulch
Forrest Bark Mulch is a combination of Pine Bark and Leaf Mulch that have been milled together giving a natural forest floor appearance. It has a longer life span and very aesthetically pleasing. Bark Mulch is great for bush land projects or areas with deciduous trees as the falling leaves will blend in.
Perfect for:
Ideal ground cover for all garden beds.
Bush Mulch / Budget Mulch
Bush Mulch is made from raw chipped tree materials including trunks, branches and leaf matter. It does not contain grass or roots. This product is excellent for the native look in gardens featuring Australian native plants and a top choice for garden beds below deciduous trees.
Perfect for:
Ideal ground cover for all garden beds.
*Be advised that as this is a natural product, slight colour and size differences may occur from time to time.
NOTE: From time to time Bush Mulch may become unavailable from our local providers. When this happens we substitute with Budget Saver Mulch (pictured below) is sourced from recycling of green waste that has been composted to a semi matured state. Having a dark appearance gives a natural organic look. Budget Saver Mulch can be used in a variety of landscaping applications including domestic gardens, new garden developments and the rejuvenation of older gardens. It is an excellent product for native style gardens and is stable in open and exposed windy areas or when a budget priced mulch is required.
Concrete & Brick Sand
For your Concrete & Levelling
Concrete Sand
This Sand is a course sand and can be used in multiple applications. Concrete sand is commonly used, when combined with screenings and cement to make concrete. It is a coarse sand and has small partical pebbles mixed through which makes it great as a filter layer under garden beds.
Perfect for:
- Any type of concrete application
- Filter layer in garden beds
- Levelling under pavers
- As a soil improver.
Ivory Brick Sand
Ivory Brick Sand is a fatty fine sand, when blended with cement and hydrate lime it forms the perfect builders mortar. 1m3 of our Ivory brick sand is enough to lay approx. 1000 bricks.
Perfect for:
Brickwork and stone work when a white coloured mortar is required. We recommend you use a general purpose cement to achieve a natural finish or off white cement for an off white finish.
Stone Dust
A by-product of the quarrying industry, Stone Dust (also known as Crusher Dust) is a fine, ‘blue metal’ product with particle sizes ranging from fines to 4mm. Stone Dust has excellent compaction qualities.
Perfect for:
- Under water tanks
- Under paths.
Packing Sand
Packing Sand is a yellow to orange colour. It is a highly compactable fatty packing sand with some clay content in it.
Perfect for:
- Under concrete slabs
- A base for a water tank.
Arena Sand
This sand is a fine yellow sand with very little clay or ‘fatty’ content, sourced locally it is typically used as a base in horse arenas.
Perfect for:
Horse arena base.
Crushed Rock & Toppings
For your Driveways & Slabs
Tuscan Toppings
This is a crushed sandstone with pink, tan, orange and bronze colours, With particles ranging in size from a fine dust to 20mm which assist in compaction. Tuscan Toppings have a traditional rustic earthy appearance which will make any driveway stand out.
Perfect for:
- Decorative finish
- Driveway
- Lawn alternative
- Paths
Seymour Toppings
Seymour Toppings is a decorative whitish / grey coloured gravel 14mm in size down to dust. Providing more vibrancy and definition to any garden bed, reduce weed activity and to keep moisture in the soil for your plants.
Perfect for:
- Driveways
- Pathways
For best results:
Add moisture and compact. Apply a depth of about 75-100mm for driveways and about 50-75mm for paths.
A Grade Crush Rock
This is a ‘Blue Metal’ 20mm crushed rock with fines which means it will compact hard. Sourced locally and NATA approved.
Perfect for:
- Driveways
- Paths
- Under concrete slabs
- Under pavers.
White River Pebbles
Enhance Your Pathways and Garden Beds with Exquisite (20mm) White River Pebbles. Transform Your Outdoor Space into a Serene Haven with the Perfect Option for Adding Elegance and Natural Beauty.
Perfect for:
- Decorative finish
- Driveway
- Paths.
Road Gravel
This gravel is locally sourced, it is yellow/sandstone in colour and consists of 10mm rock and fines. Used for roads in the local area it compacts very well to make a great looking and long lasting base or driveway.
Perfect for:
- Driveways
- Pathways
- Access tracks.
Surge Rock
This stone ranges in size from 40mm – 200mm in size. It can be used for pre-driveway stone to help hold smaller gravel from sinking so quick, holding soil on banks, or use this stone to slow down a fast a water flow in a ditch by making mini dams.
Perfect for:
- Erosion control
- Building roads
- Driveways
- Back filling garages, usually put down before crusher run
- Coarse base or temporary road.
20-60mm River Pebbles
This river stone is a mix of brown and grey natural stone pebbles. Riverstone also features a variety of size and shape stones, with some flat and others rounded. This gives you a unique looking stone that is fantastic for garden edging or creating a dry creek bed look in your garden. It is also suitable for garden paths and garden beds as the stone will stay loose.
Perfect for:
- Dry river beds
- Natural ponds surrounds
- Rocky amd native garden beds
- Erosion control.
7mm Screenings
This is a ‘Blue Metal’ clean 7mm rock with no fines, also know as quarter minus. Sourced locally and NATA approved.
Perfect for:- Bedding for pipes
- Drainage behind retaining walls
- Can be used to produce a fine textured concrete or concrete kerb.
20mm Screenings
This is a ‘Blue Metal’ clean 20mm rock with no fines. Locally sourced and Nata approved.
Perfect for:- Backfilling trenches
- Drainage around agi pipes
- As an alternative decorative garden rock
- In concrete mix to produce textured concrete.
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We can also supply...
Redgum Firewood, Sourced from NSW
Common Local Firewood, Locally Sourced
Common Firewood has sold out for the 2026 season.
We will restock for winter 2027.
Looking for something else?
We source most of our products locally and have access to many more products available!
All items listed are stock items, please feel free to leave an enquiry on any product that you require and we will be happy to order the product that you need.
Conditions: All goods to be delivered to kerb alignment. If goods are to be delivered inside fence line, it will be entirely at owner’s risk.
Please Note: All products are natural products, slight colour variations may occur from time to time.