Clean up Australia Day

In 1989 an ‘average Australian bloke’ had a simple idea to make a difference in his own backyard – Sydney Harbour. This simple idea has now become the nation’s largest community-based environmental event, Clean Up Australia Day.

Today is the annual event which is all about individuals taking action to clean up, fix up and conserve our prized Australian environment.

Last year an estimated 550,300 volunteers removed 16,150 tonnes of rubbish at 7,341 sites right across the country. This year the organisers are aiming to do better, so why not lend a hand and help clean up Australia!

You can get involved by volunteering at a site near you here, or why not do your bit closer to home and clean up a local park, beach, bushland or streets.

Let us know, will you be doing your bit to Clean up Australia today, even if it is just in your own backyard?