Community cleans-up
From the Winter 2006 edition of Bush Telegraph Magazine.
Community representatives during a forest clean-up in March
Seven truckloads of household rubbish and rusted car bodies were dragged from Ourimbah State Forest and Jilliby Conservation Area, west of Wyong, by a dedicated group of community representatives during a forest clean-up in March.
“The operation took many months to plan and it was great to see members of the community work together on such a worthwhile project,” said Forests NSW Maitland-based resource protection manager, Mike Pryjma.
“Thirty three four-wheel-drive, horse riding, community group, mountain and dirt bike club representatives joined forest neighbours, Forests NSW and New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation for the registered Clean Up Australia Day event,” he said.
The project was the initiative of a recreation planning group within The Ourimbah Protocol.
So enthusiastic were the volunteers that they went on to clean-up part of Wyong State Forest a week later. There are plans for further clean-ups in surrounding forests.
For more information on future clean-ups contact Mike Pryjma on Ph: (02) 4931 6574.
Communications, Maitland
