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Clean Up Australia Day

Island cleanup brings together likely partners, removes 1 tonne of rubbish!

The cleanup at Bolga Gong Island in Chipping Norton Lakes was a great success, bringing in 26 volunteers from across the catchment, including Liverpool SES, Liverpool and Fairfield councils and St John's Ambulance. The GRCCC Riverkeeper Program hosted the event on 21 April 2012, which saw an estimated 930kgs removed from the catchment and waterway. Volunteers focused on large rubbish, but the island's place in the lake makes it vulnerable to micro-rubbish accumulation. Other statistics included:

  • 930 kg rubbish removed from the catchment (estimate)
  • 250 syringes removed (estimate)
  • 42 bags of rubbish removed
  • 10 milk crates
  • 1 TV
  • 4 tyres
  • 1 fuel tank
  • 1 enviro palette
  • 2770 m2 area covered 
A BIG THANKS TO ALL WHO VOLUNTEERED! 

 

Georges River News

  1. Crowd gathers to hail opening of new Dharawal National Park 7/05/2012
  2. Georges River Oysters the Subject of Environmental Health Study 13/03/2012
  3. University NSW teams up with LGRSI and SMCMA on benthic sampling research in the Georges River Estuary 2/02/2012
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GRCCC News

  1. River Health Program Seeks Volunteers across Georges River 27/03/2012
  2. GRCCC presents to the 6th Australian Stream Management Conference in Canberra 17/02/2012
  3. GRCCC wins State and Regional awards from Keep Australia Beautiful 7/12/2011
  4. GRCCC Backs Awareness Campaigns for Platypus Survival in the Georges River 28/11/2011
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