Get set for Clean Up Australia Day: Join a local group or register an event
My family registered for our Clean Up kit last year and took to Stanwell Park to do our good deed. It was fantastic for the kids. They loved it and it was a great opportunity to start a discussion about littering and sustainable living.
Clean Up Australia Day is back on Sunday, March 3. This annual event is a chance for our community to unite in a collective effort to restore and preserve our natural, beautiful landscape.
My family registered for our Clean Up kit last year and took to Stanwell Park to do our good deed. It was fantastic for the kids. They loved it and it was a great opportunity to start a discussion about littering and sustainable living.
Clean Up Australia Day is not merely a call to action – it shows the power of grassroots initiatives in bringing about tangible change. Whether it's our local parks, beaches, waterways or streets, no corner of our community is exempt from the impacts of litter and pollution. However, by joining or registering a site for Clean Up Australia Day, individuals, families, schools, businesses and community groups can help rejuvenate these spaces.
Below are 10 local places where you can join the clean-up:
- Traction Possums 2024 – Meet 10am at Miners Memorial Park, cnr Foothills Road & Caldwell Ave, Balgownie. Everyone is welcome, including kids and reluctant friends!
- University of Wollongong – Meet at the Pulse reception counter Bldg 11, Level 1 to join the team and clean up around campus.
- Tuggerah Bay Jetty and Holborn Park – Meet opposite Number 4 on the carpark of Holborn Park or at the base of Tuggerah Bay Jetty and clean up around Lake Illawarra foreshore, the jetty, skate park and carpark..
- Thirroul SLSC – Meet at Thirroul SLSC Car Park North of the surf club to clean up the foreshore.
- Panorama House – Meet at the Panorama House carpark the clifftop and bushland.
- Bellambi beach and community – Meet at Bellambi rock pool to clean up the area.
- Sri Venkateswara Temple – Meet at at the entrance of the temple (on Temple Road, Helensburgh) for clean-up activities in and around the temple from 8am-noon.
- Helensburgh Township – Register with Helensburgh Landcare at the Old Mine Surgery, 78 Parkes Street, Helensburgh. Clean up your own street/footpath area, local park or bushland. Read more about this event and Landcare's award-winning leader Merilyn House in our February edition.
- Postmans Track – Meet on the Crown land next to 7 Postmans Track to clean up the land at bottom end of Postmans Track and creek. Any members of the community are welcome to join.
- McCauley's Beach Sandon Point – This one will be held on Monday, February 19. Join NIRAG and the Hewitt's Creek Bushcare Group at 8.30am at the Hewitt's Creek bridge at the end of Hamilton Road Thirroul.
I'll see you out there!
To get involved or register a site for Clean Up Australia Day, visit the official website at Cleanup.org.au
