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wheely bin
A large rubbish bin with wheels. Wheeled out to the kerbside weekly for the council to empty. Also called an Otto bin (after the manufacturer of the bin): "Did you take out the wheely bin? The truck is coming up the street." Compare otto, sulo bin.
Contributor's comments: 'Wheely bin' has been used in Brisbane for many years, not just in NSW.
Contributor's comments: The term wheely bin has been used in Brisbane ever since they were introduced by the council. Once my daughter told her cousin, who was visiting from NSW, to put some rubbish in the wheely bin. He put it in the wheelbarrow as he didn't know what she was talking about. He called it an Otto.
Contributor's comments: We used to call them 'whizz bins' in Canberra.
Contributor's comments: It is pretty common throughout Victoria as well.
Contributor's comments: We also use "wheely bin" in WA.
Contributor's comments: I thought wheelie bin was used all over the country???
Contributor's comments: Wheely bin is definitely used in Brisbane. I have never heard them called anything else. I thought it was a universal term. Definitely not confined to NSW.
Contributor's comments: The 'wheelie bin' is also known as a Sulo bin in NSW due to the manufacturers name.
Contributor's comments: Also known as 'SULO' bin (after manufacturer) in Adelaide.
Contributor's comments: Used in Yeppoon (4703) from the time the bins were introduced in the mid-1980s.
Contributor's comments: A Council-supplied garbage bin having two wheels: "The wheelie-bin should be placed on the nature strip."
Contributor's comments: Wheelie Bin is widely used all over SA wherever council garbage collection services use these type of bins. Less commonly called Otto or Sulo bins after manufacturers of Wheelie Bins.
Contributor's comments: Wheelie bins are also used in Cairns and Townsville.
Contributor's comments: Wheelie bins were introduced by most Sydney councils in the early-mid 1980s. Sometimes called OTTO bins, because the manufacturer's name is prominently printed on the lid.
Contributor's comments: Wheelie Bins {true spelling} has been the name used in Brisbane.They weren't very well received in the early days as the older residents could not pull them up the steep driveways around here so the council had to send men specially out on rubbish days to pull some bins up to the road. Before this time, the rubbish man would come right into your backyard to empty the rubbish bin into one of his. As there was no reduction in rates, many people resented the fact that they would now have to do part of the Council's work. The bins are still regarded as a nuisence for the Council as they topple over in the strong winds and drop the contents onto the roadway or sometimes young people take the bins to the middle of the roadway and set the contents on fire. Presently the hoist on the trucks are snagging on the pay T.V. and electricty overhead wires and causing a very unsafe work site for the drivers when the live wires fall around them.