Clean Up Australia Day! February 2010

Mid-month I joined the city office and Bays and Maritime staff in the 2010 Parks Victoria Business Clean Up Australia Day. The clean up was conducted on both sides of the Yarra River from Alexandra Gardens and Federation Square.  A Parks Victoria boat took us up and across the river to collect rubbish. I was provided with tongs for rubbish collecting (not bbq’ing), a bright yellow volunteer vest, sunscreen & hand sanitiser, gloves, and rubbish collection bags. It was a great morning, picking up garbage and meeting other Parks Victoria folks from the office followed by a wonderful lunch.

All equipped and ready to go!!

Did you know....

Top 5 rubbish items collected in VIC in 2009 were:

1. Cigarette Butts


2. Glass Alcoholic Beverage Bottles


3. Metal/Aluminium Alcoholic Beverage Cans


4. Plastic Chips & Confectionary wrappers


5. Glass pieces





over 60 city office, Bays and Waterways and Burnley staff to participate in a clean up of the Alexandra Gardens, Birrarung Marr and the Yarra River banks followed by a barbecue lunch.



Karen and I, collecting garbage...found lots of take-out soy sauce containers!!

The beautiful view of the city on the Yarra corridor