About Us
“Our family has been ‘moving dirt’ since 1981 and express the same dedication today, which we always have towards our business.”
Established in 2009, GDRS Group Pty Ltd is the family run company of Greg McIndoe and his 2 sons Dylan and Ryan. Whilst striving for excellence in their field, they provide quality, safety and business systems, which most effectively serve the purpose of their business clients.
Previously, Greg and his brother Cameron McIndoe opened the Wilkie Creek Coal Mine at Macalister in 1994, where they worked for 14 years, they drove their new 657B, E Scrapers. In 2005, Greg opened the Baralaba Coal Mine and got new 657G scrapers before their company GCM Mining was impacted by unfavourable industry conditions and was forced into voluntary administration.
Beginning work at the Origin Power Station in November 2007, Greg drove his ‘6900 Western Star Truck’ before his two sons Dylan and Ryan started in 2008. In 2009, GDRS Group Pty Ltd was established and the family worked at CS Energy for 8 months, building product pads for the station and repairs after the floods.
The family moved to Moranbah and our company began work with Downer at Millennium Coal Mine doing topsoil and pre strip removal. In November 2010 we won a contract with Leighton’s working on the Pacific Highway bypass from Sapphire to Woolgoolga near Coffs Harbour NSW, doing highway construction for 7 months.
Our company went to earn numerous jobs for companies including Thiess and BMA. They owned 2 x 657E Scrapers, 1 x 16G Grader, 1 x IT62H and worked on dam repairs and expansions, mine haul maintenance, top soil removal and drain construction.
In November of 2012 we were offered a job in Wandoan with Shamrock, where they built engineered dams for Queensland Gas and Northern Waters Treatment Plant.
We then built numerous dams between Wandoan and Chinchilla till the end of 2013 for the cattle industry. Reardon Farms at Talwood “Wolonga” building lateral irrigations 3.8 klms long by 1 klm wide and we then moved on to storages approx 18,000 megalitres until May 2015. Dec 2015 we shifted to Dirranbandi and worked at “Tooroora” and lifted and repaired dam and “Bullamon Station” at Thallon June 2016. For the next few years till now 2022 we have done upgrading of feedlots around Miles and done Water Storages between Taroom at “Brigodoon and LLoyd Pastoral at Chinchilla.
History
Elizabeth McIndoe married William Smith
Elizabeth McIndoe (Nee Edwards) was a widow with three small children: Elizabeth, Robert and Annie.
Robert E McIndoe was born at Dean Victoria in 1863 and went with the family to the land selected by his step-father Mr William Smith at Yarrwonga, where they remained for ten years. He commenced farm work at an early age, and when only nine years of age was driving a team of 4 bullocks in a plough. In 1879, the family took up a station in Queensland, and transport was effected by a caravan made up of three tabletop wagons, a bullock dray and a wagonette. They took with them three tons of flour, and scoops to plough for tank sinking, as well as 13 horses, a shorthorn bull and 2 cows and 70 working bullocks. The trip took seven months, the Murray River was crossed at Tocumwal, the Murrumbidgee at Darlington Point, and the Lachlan at Hilston. On reaching Cobar, New South Wales, they found the district suffering from a flour famine. The price was as high as Ten Pounds per bag, and the caravan was rushed through at night in order to save their own supply. The Darling River was crossed at Bourke, and after leaving Cunnamulla there was a 200 mile trek to Charleville, where they camped for 18 months and engaged in contract tank sinking. After the drought in Queensland, they sold the plant and returned to Victoria by boat. Land to the extent to 1020 acres was taken up in Gippsland, and after the land was cleared, a prosperous farm was established. Dairying was successfully carried on and Mr Smith was the first man to export butter to England, where it realized 1s. (shilling) per pound, plus 3d. (pence) per pound bonus, making the export value 1.3d per pound against the local price of 6d. per pound.
Mr Robert E McIndoe was in partnership with his stepfather until his marriage, when he went to his own property of 320 acres, which with additional land acquired was 3340 acres in extent.
Previous history of Cubbie Station, Greg and Cameron built a wall between the X’s from 1995 – 2000.