By Parker McKenzie
An event for the nation-wide Clean Up Australia Day will be held in The Basin on Sunday 30 April from 10.30am to 1.30pm.
Organiser Lynette Hayhurst said gloves and heavy-duty plastic bags will be provided by Clean Up Australia for the event.
“Looking at The Basin, even though you look at the beauty of the mountains and you see the cows, which everyone goes to look at, it is spoiled by the ugliness of rubbish.
“What originally stirred me was during the lockdowns, I saw a young woman in her mid-thirties, she was walking The Basin with a pair of those pickup clampers with a big bag clearing rubbish.”
Mr Hayhurst said that woman’s decision to clear litter in the area inspired her to hold an event last year and again this year.
“The Basin has such stunning physical beauty that we want to uphold,” she said.
“It’s our fault the mess and rubbish is there. As humans, it’s our responsibility to look after it and make it beautiful again.”
Those interested in taking part should meet at The Basin Triangle and those attending will be covered by insurance.
Ms Hayhurst said in the past she has seen people stopping their vehicles to litter.
“Some people will drive in and dump tires, they will choose to throw them into the environment, you can see a stream of takeaway containers down The Basin Road, they’re just chucking stuff out of their car,” she said.
“Please take it home and it into the system so it will be sorted and recycled properly.”
She said she hopes the local community and those in the surrounding areas will help clean up their local community.
“I hope other towns do the same thing and that they don’t forget that it actually needs constant attention to get rid of the rubbish that keeps accumulating.”
For more information on the event, visit facebook.com/events/620639899467883/
