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Food wraps and bottles pollute lake

By David McKenzie • Mar 8th, 2010 • Category: News, Photographs

EFFORT: Cororooke’s Jason and Joanne Becroft took their children, from left, Leah, 5, Connor, 6, and Courtney, 7, to pick up rubbish for Clean up Australia Day. Site supervisor Gary Barnes said about 25 people braved rain to participate in yesterday’s clean up along Cororooke Road.	Colac children collected 100 kilograms of rubbish from the edge of Lake Colac during a clean up day. Colac West Primary School pupils picked up 16 bags of rubbish along Lake Colac’s shore on Friday as part of Schools Clean Up Day. The most common types of rubbish were bottles and fast food containers. Colac Otway Shire Council environmental project officer Andrew Barber accompanied the children and provided bags and gloves. “It’s part of Colac West school and Colac Otway Shire working together on a community event,” he said. “The children got a bit wet but were so enthusiastic, it was a great day.” Mr Barber said the shire’s social justice team also removed rubbish from along Colac’s Barongarook Creek on Friday morning. The schools day was a prelude to Clean Up Australia Day activities across the Colac district yesterday.
*CLEAN UP: From left, Cororooke’s Tamzyn, 4, James, 10, Karyn and Jasmine Newcombe, 7, helped keep Australia beautiful yesterday.*	*HARD WORK: Teagan Fiscalini was busy helping to clean up the land near Lake Colac on Friday.*
*TEAM: Grade Three pupils Naomi Newcombe, left, and Zahra Weston search for rubbish between Colac’s yacht club and rowing club.*	*HELPING: Colac West Primary School pupils, left, Samantha Parsons, Grade Three, and Kira Armstrong, Grade Four, with Colac Otway Shire Council environmental project officer Andrew Barber, centre.*
*FOUND: Colac West Primary School assistant principal Peter Nelson with pupils, from left, Elise Gatti, Grade Four, Demi Trinca, Grade Four, and Jack Poulter, Grade Three.*