The aim of Clean Up Australia Day is to encourage people to clean up their local areas. The idea was borne out of an Australian Bicentenary event. It was put forward by Ian Kiernan. The first Clean Up Australia Day was held in January 1989.
Evermore, It is held on the first Sunday of March every year. The key dates for Clean Up Australia Day 2013 are Community Clean Up Day on Sunday 3rd March 2013, Schools Clean Up Day on Friday 1st March 2013, Business Clean Up Day on Tuesday 26th February 2013. If you want you can join it. According to this webside http://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/?gclid=CJC08Kv94bUCFYRgpQod-lsATA you can choose a site where you want and volunteer to clean it. On Sunday morning, on my way to church I saw some volunteers to pick bottles,papers,rubbish into the big bag. According to statistics,it is about 550,300 volunteers joined the clean up efforts at 7341 sites around Australia on Sunday. NSW volunteers collected an estimated 6470 tonnes of rubbish. Thanks to these volunters we could have a good environment. But I think we need to take more responsibility for our local environment every day of the year. I hope I can be a volunteer on Clean Up Australia Day 2014.
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http://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/about/about-the-event/history
http://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/?gclid=CN2gipbL4LUCFQZcpQodbG8AFw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Up_Australia
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1337672/volunteers-get-hands-dirty-for-clean-up-australia-day/?cs=305
