An Australian man, who accidentally threw out 50,000 dollars worth of his wife's jewellery just two days before his 23rd wedding anniversary, is now petitioning his local council to scour local rubbish tips

Geoffrey, who had split the uninsured collection of jewellery into three garbage bags to try to fool potential robbers, swept them out to the wheelie bin - and, most likely, the Nambour tip, in a terrible mix up while cleaning the house.