Binjari residents help Clean Up Australia

Up to 80 residents of Binjari in the Northern Territory transformed both top and bottom camps on Sunday under the leadership of Mission Australia.

Mission Australia Youth Service Coordinator Ruth Cardier said that by midday the whole township looked amazing, with all four skip bins full of rubbish.

“This initiative gave the community an opportunity to show that they are willing and able to rise to the occasion and help themselves to have a better outcome,” Ms Cardier said.

“The Government Business Manager, Nigel Povey and the local council were also very supportive of the initiative,” she added.

Katherine Town Council provided the skip bins and clean-up packs for the town camp.

The Katherine Times reported that Wastemaster collected “520 kilograms in Katherine and a staggering 1,000 in Binjari” – a community of less than 300 people.

All participants then joined in a celebratory barbecue cooked up by the Mission Australia team.

Clean Up Australia is the nation’s largest community-based environment event. Now, in its twentieth year, it attracts hundreds of thousands of volunteers from communities, schools and businesses to help clean up, fix up and conserve their environment.

Photo courtesy of The Katherine Times