People can help keep the region’s beaches, foreshores and marine environment clean during the upcoming Clean Up Australia Day.
Clean-up events will take place across Greater Geelong and the Bellarine on 1 March, including along the Clifton Springs Foreshore.
Clifton Springs and Curlewis Coastcare Group’s Rob Gardner said the community could join him at the Clifton Springs Boat Ramp to collect instructions and rubbish bags to help clean up the environment.
“It’s been very successful in the last two or three years, as we’ve had very good turnouts and collected a lot of stuff,” he said.
“Clifton Springs is a very enjoyable area, and there’s quite a lot of plant life along the coastline, so we’ve got some quite good remnant vegetation.”
Mr Gadner said he hoped the event would be open to everyone from 10am and that he hoped it would help them think about how they dispose of their rubbish, which is essential for keeping their environment clean.
“Last year we found more than 500 pieces of rubbish, so hopefully it’ll be a bit less this year,” he said.
“It was noticeable that there were a lot fewer cans and bottles last year because of the 10-cent recycling deal, so that made quite a good impact.”
Clean Up Australia Day events will also take place at Ocean Grove’s Rotunda from 10am, the Geelong Botanic Gardens from noon, and Torquay’s Fishos Beach from 9am.
Visit register.cleanup.org.au/join-a-clean-up for the full list of Clean Up Australia Day events.
