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Clean-up Day
an experience of country and coast
A few years ago Ian Kiernan had a vision: Clean up Australia.
Today, as a result of that idea, some friends and I, along with tens of thousands of other Australians, went to work with bags and gloves to clean up other people's rubbish.
Twelve of us went to work in Nielsen Park alongside Sydney Harbour. The Member for Wentworth, Malcolm Turnbull MP, got involved as well.
We found the ocean-etched sandstone crevices along the water's edge jammed with all kinds of garbage -- tennis balls, babies bottles, destroyed eskies and heaps and heaps of plastic bottles. Most of it probably comes from boats passing by in the harbour. It didn't take long to fill up bags and bags of the stuff. Sometimes the piles of rubbish hid seething masses of crabs lurking about the salt water below.
Afterward, we gathered together 15 odd bags of rubbish collected in just over an hour and a half. A hell of a haul. The whole thing was a raging success thanks to Mary-Lou Jarvis who catered a picnic to reward the team.
Thanks to
Doug Kirkpatrick
from Melbourne
on 02/03/2008  |
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Those ticking street posts, Frequent flyers??, Max the dog, Flag on a dumpster, My backyard clotheslines, Clever street art, Australia Day in Port Hedland, Passing road trains, Lawn in the Pilbara, Big Australian Sky, Flying art, Lunchtime for 'Wombat', Hand of Friendship, Dodging busted Telecom pits, Tuned in to the nation, Hanging out to dry, Swimming Pool for One, broken flags, Genuine Aussie gladiators..., Shark Wrestling in South Australia, The Sydney-to-Hobart, Fantales - things of beauty, Street Junk, Dining IN, tradie's bit for the nation, ANZAC biscuits help keep peace in Kashmir, Cops on the beat, Spiders lurking, Eating Violet Crumbles, Coastal sandstone, Living among the gum trees, Feeling of wool, Outdoor shower, Regarding the 'Coathanger', Pausing to honour the 'Diggers', The rural gatepost where yarns are had, Celebrating Australia Day in Port Hedland, P-Plate, Kirribilli commute, Oz Day in the city, Dancing with the Stars - in Milson's Point, Sydney, Weekday oasis of calm, Bondi Beach - historic more than bohemian, Riding into history on a vintage train in Tasmania, Plunging escarpments ain't always pretty, Feeding wild lorikeets on the verandah at home, Walking the streets of Sydney, When you're driving in Australia..., Melbourne Cup in Martin Place, Taking a punt on the Melbourne Cup - Part 1 of 2, Taking a punt on the Melbourne Cup - Part 2 of 2, Cyclone Tracy revisited, Hot date with a Maytag washer in Darwin, The Port Hedland detention centre, Not ice, nor 'Ice', nor snow. Just Pilbara salt, Railmotor from Werris Creek, Camping with wild pigs, Telephone sockets in Australia, Werris Creek Station, Leaving their mark in stone, Being Australian on Christmas Day (Bondi Beach pt1), Christmas Day at Bondi Beach (pt2), Christmas Day at Bondi Beach (pt3), Camping holiday - best way to see Australia
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