Bin day not half rubbish for Mackay man doing his neighbour a favour

The views from the Mackay Harbour wall were anything but rubbish. (Supplied: Carl Stanojevic)

When you ask your neighbour to take your rubbish out for you, you don't expect them to literally take the bin around town.

But that is exactly what happened when Mackay's Nick Doherty forgot to put his bin out before work and asked neighbour Carl Stanojevic for a favour.

"I can't remember what time of the morning it was, but he asked me if I could take his bin out," Mr Stanojevic said.

He said he suggested several Mackay nightclubs and bars as potential locations to which to "take the bin out".

"He is going, 'Yep, go everywhere' … so I thought, Yep, I'd go everywhere.

"That's what you do for your neighbours."

The joke started over a text message.  (Supplied: Carl Stanojevic)

From there, Mr Stanojevic took the bin out around Mackay, visiting iconic pubs, the harbour, hardware stores, a fast food drive-through, and even the local dump.

The bin phoned home from a payphone booth and even had some fish and chips.

"It was just crazy," Mr Stanojevic said.

"When I got to the harbour, the [rubbish] fellow was there so I grabbed a selfie with him.

The bin, like ET, decided it had to phone home.  (Supplied: Carl Stanojevic)

He said he was even approached by council officials concerned about where he obtained the bin.

"And the surf lifesaver fella came over, he was a bit concerned as well as I was walking on the beach with the bin.

"He might have thought I was going to dump my rubbish in the ocean."

Thankfully, the bin had been emptied earlier that morning before the outing.

"I gave it a bath and some Glen 20," Mr Stanojevic said.

Photos from the bin's outing were posted to social media, receiving hundreds of shares and comments.

The bin needed a coldie after a day exploring Mackay.  (Supplied: Carl Stanojevic)

"I wasn't expecting this, Facebook's just gone off the charts," Mr Stanojevic said.

"At the end of the day, everyone has been going through such a shitty time at the moment.

The bin had to visit a hardware store to pick up some cleaning supplies.  (Supplied: Carl Stanojevic)

Mr Doherty said he was concerned by how the bin would now feel about him.

"[Carl has] definitely raised the expectations of my bin now," he said. 

"It's only upwards from here so we'll see what he does next."

The duo had bin shopping together on their day off.  (Supplied: Carl Stanojevic)

Mr Doherty said he did not expect the bin to actually be taken out after the joking words were exchanged.

"I got a message the next day with all the lovely places my bin had been," he said.

"I didn't see that one coming, but good job. [Carl's] done alright, he's gone above and beyond."