Clean Up Australia Day

4th March

Area Cleaned: Leslie and Hillview Drives, Muirlea

Meeting Place: Kholo Gardens
Number of:
Car bodies: 6
Tyres: 70+
Washing Machines: 3
Bottles: oodles and oodles

We arrived a little after 7.30am. Gary and Betty were already waiting in the carpark. We set up at one of the picnic tables, and started setting up for the day. After registering all the volunteers, we set off at around 8.15am. Jim and Phyllis Williams and Daryl Parcell went along Hillview Drive to see what rubbish was along there, whilst the rest of the crew went along Leslie Drive.

It didn’t take us long to fill a couple of trailers with bits and pieces. Jim radioed to say that they needed some assistance, as there was way more rubbish than anyone had expected. Gary and Betty also needed some assistance with car tyres and empty bottles.

The rest of us continued up Leslie Drive. By 10.00am we had filled and emptied several trailer loads of rubbish and were ready to tackle the removal of some of the car bodies lying around. We had a quick morning tea and then back to the task at hand. By 12.00noon we had removed 6 car bodies and several more trailer loads of rubbish and were well and truly ready for lunch.

It had been a very hot and tiring morning, with not a single sign of rain. (So different to last year)

by Joe Elmore