For many years, people have been throwing rubbish out of their car windows, dropping rubbish on the ground, or illegally dumping rubbish. This rubbish is destroying our beautiful landscapes and roadsides by polluting the waterways and soil. Coolamon is home to the Kindra Forest which provides habitat for a large population of native flora and fauna, including a small number of native orchids. Coolamon Landcare Group care deeply about the Forest, and work hard to look after it. Unfortunately, illegally dumped rubbish in the forest is impacting the natural surroundings.
Coolamon Landcare hosted a Clean up Australia Day event to help fix this issue. Coolamon Shire Council were invited to take part, and assisted on the day by removing the rubbish that the group collected from the forest. This event had a positive impact on the environment as a lot of rubbish was picked up and the land was restored back to a more natural state. The community was also positively impacted as the event had new members of the community getting involved with Coolamon Landcare and making a difference together.
