Clean up Australia Day

It seem that in OZ, once a year, a day occurs where people are urged to meet in groups to clean up their country. Lof and I went to the website and discovered that there was once such meet near our house at Patawalonga Creek. We went along and did our bit, secretly hoping that it might be a way of meeting people in the community. We didn't really make any new friends but we did collect two large sacks full of rubbish that had been dumped in the creek. I'm sure the wildlife, which I was told included wild tortoises (although I didn't see any), will be very appreciative :)