
Keeping Fraser Island pristine
THE FRASER Coast 4WD Club has been at it again, cleaning up the region to make it better for all of us.
The club’s latest venture was on Fraser Island where members picked up rubbish from Waddy Point to just past Indian Head.
Club president Robert Selby said the 15 volunteers also combed the top of Indian Head, around champagne pools including the inland track and sand dunes, as well about four kilometres south of Indian Head.
They spent a whole day carrying out the often thankless work and collected at least three ute loads of rubbish.
The waste was mainly beer bottles, soft drink cans and packing but also included dumped car parts and timber doors off boats.
Mr Selby said the day was a great success and was one of many clean up events the club had undertaken over the past six years.
The Fraser Coast Regional Council’s Clean Up Australia Day co-ordinator, Brenda Watt, helped organise the event, providing skip bins on the island for the club to use.
Mr Selby said Qld Parks and Wildlife Service rangers also played a part, collecting rubbish. It timed well with Clean Up Australia Day this Sunday.
There are a number of Fraser Coast sites, with co-ordinator details, registered with www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au for this weekend. They include:
Bill Fraser Park – Torquay
Community Hall – River Heads
Big Woody Island
Gatakers Bay Parkland
Apex Park – Pialba
North Street – Point Vernon
Condor Lakes – Eli Waters
Links Corridor
Eagles Nest – Point Vernon
Torquay Beach – Torquay
The Australia Air League
Pialba Parklands
Urangan Boat Harbour
Toogoom
Anzac Park – Maryborough
Tinnanbar Road – Tinnanbar
Alice Street to Ferry Street – Maryborough
Maryborough Railway Yards
Prickett Aquatic Park/Pioneer Country Park
Fay Smith Wetlands Conservation Park
Granville Road – Maaroom