Heads of Botany Bay to Banks Wall
Collection of rubbish
Scouts and Cubs from 1st Little Bay
Another beautiful warm day for the historic 30th Anniversary of Clean Up Australia. La Perouse Coastcare and Little Bay Cubs and Scouts were out in force to clean up around Port Botany, from Bumborah Point to Yarra Bay. There were 14 adults (6 females/8 males) and 16 children (4 females/12males). A mix of ‘rubbish’ from an Ofo electric bicycle to chair to the usual cigarette butts. In all around 80kg was collected in 12 bags, one of which contained bottles to be taken to the local return and earn facility at Malabar to assist with the running of 1st Little Bay Scouts.
Ken Evans from Paddlers for Peace with a canoe of rubbish. SMH 1990
FROM SYDNEY MORNING HERALD REPORT OF 1990 CLEAN UP
The Prime Minister, Mr Hawke, visited the national tally room at Darling Harbour yesterday afternoon where Telecom staff manned 40 telephones answering calls from the public and from sites across the country.
“One of the things that follows from today is that Australians individually can do something about the environment themselves,” he said.
Mr Hawke said that he had done “a little bit” himself around Kirribilli foreshore near his official residence.
The Premier, Mr Greiner, and the NSW Minister for the Environment, Mr Moore, were at the beach at Balls Head Bay helping about 40 locals clean one of the harbour’s dirtiest spots.
Mr Moore said the Government intended to introduce legislation later this year to provide for on-the-spot fines of up to $200 for people caught littering. The law would be enforced by the police and local council officers. Councils would be allowed to keep the revenue they raised.
The minister said most of the rubbish he collected off the small beach yesterday was plastic – drinking straws, shopping bags and bottles. It was the same for other clean-up sites.
