In 1973, Richard Eggleton, the founder of Borderline Australia, invented the first of a long line of specialised machines, by cobbing together a few bits and pieces he had lying about.

He has this idea that would revolutionise the domestic and commercial garden scene forever and that idea was free-form concrete garden edging. And like the ubiquitous Victor lawnmower and the Hills hoist before it, it took Australia by storm! 
At the heart of it all was a tiny little self-propelled machine.

No others may claim they were the first, but it was Richard who not only conceived it, but also developed it into what we see today. After the initial research and development manufacturing was commenced in 1979, and the first machines were marketed in 1980.