Well I have been a busy bee indeed. Busy with work and general day to day life. Hence, no posts on my blog for a while, sorry!
Anyway, I'm back.... well for today at least.
I have 2 weeks off work and LOTS to do!
I intend ....no... I will clean the whole house from top to bottom. Clear out any items we no longer use ready for a garage sale we have arranged at work. The garden will also be in for a bit of TLC. Weeds will be no more and the veggie patch will be revived ready for winter planting of
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Beetroot
Lettuce
Silverbeet
Carrot
NO EXCUSES
TODAY
IS THE DAY!
Clean up Australia Day 2012
Key dates for the 2012 Clean Up Australia Day
- Clean Up Australia Day - Sunday. 4 March 2012
- Business Clean Up Day - Tuesday, 28 February 2012
- Schools Clean Up Day - Friday, 2 March 2012
History of Clean Up Australia Day
In 1989 an 'average Australian bloke' had a simple idea to make a difference in his own backyard - Clean Up Sydney Harbour. The event received an enormous public response with more than 40,000 Sydneysiders donating their time and energy to clean up the harbour.
The next year Clean Up Australia Day was born. Ian and his committee believed that if a capital city could be mobilised into action, then so could the whole nation. Almost 300,000 volunteers turned out on the first Clean Up Australia Day in 1990 and that involvement has steadily increased ever since.
The next year Clean Up Australia Day was born. Ian and his committee believed that if a capital city could be mobilised into action, then so could the whole nation. Almost 300,000 volunteers turned out on the first Clean Up Australia Day in 1990 and that involvement has steadily increased ever since.
This simple idea has now become the nation's largest community-based environmental event. Now in its 21st year, the event attracts hundreds of thousands of volunteers from the community, schools and businesses to help clean up, fix up and conserve their environment.
In 2011 more than 565,631 volunteers across Australia helped to celebrate 21 years of Clean Up Australia by donning gloves and filling up Clean Up Australia Day rubbish bags with an estimated 16,449 tonnes of rubbish at 7,477 registered Sites across Australia. A big well done to everyone involved!
"Simple, easy actions can protect the health of our water resources and help save drinking water supplies. There is not one individual who cannot help to make a difference to the health of the environment" - Ian Kiernan AO.
Ian Kiernan's vision is an apolitical, non-profit community campaign in which everyone can participate.
In 2011 more than 565,631 volunteers across Australia helped to celebrate 21 years of Clean Up Australia by donning gloves and filling up Clean Up Australia Day rubbish bags with an estimated 16,449 tonnes of rubbish at 7,477 registered Sites across Australia. A big well done to everyone involved!
"Simple, easy actions can protect the health of our water resources and help save drinking water supplies. There is not one individual who cannot help to make a difference to the health of the environment" - Ian Kiernan AO.
Ian Kiernan's vision is an apolitical, non-profit community campaign in which everyone can participate.
