Canning River Regional Park Volunteers will have all hands-on deck to take part in this year’s Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday March 2 at 8am, with more volunteers always welcome and needed to join in.
The Canning River Regional Park Volunteers group was formed in 1989, with its involvement in the national Clean Up Australia Day spanning over 30 years.
Canning volunteer and Clean Up Australia Day Coordinator Graeme Campbell said the event involved a morning of collecting rubbish in the areas of Riverton, Ferndale, Cannington and Lynwood
“We are anticipating around 80 participants, based on numbers from previous years,” he said.
Mr Campbell said the Canning River Regional Park was in a reasonably healthy state, with the weekly clean-ups by volunteers making a difference, as well as there being less rubbish because of the Containers for Change initiative.
“We are definitely seeing less bottles and containers, however general litter and perhaps spare tyres and other waste still persist,” he said. Apart from rubbish collection, typical activities of the group involves planting, watering recent plantings, weeding and bird surveys.
“It’s a job that’s never done,” Mr Campbell said.
“We are now busy hand-watering what was planted around June last year. Typically, we plant what is native to the area.”
Clean Up Australia Day volunteers will meet at the Ferndale Crescent Car Park in Ferndale, with refreshments served for helpers at 10am. Volunteers are asked to wear closed-in shoes, hat, sunscreen and gloves for rubbish handling.
Everyone is welcome.
