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2013 Fraser Island Clean Up

19/6/2013

 
Moreton Districts Off-Road club was one of the participating clubs in the 2013 Fraser Island Clean Up.  Below is a press release from Four Wheel Drive Queensland.

A good time was had by all who attended and we would like to thank the organisers and sponsors for another great event.

2013 Fraser Island Clean Up - Media Release - Four Wheel Drive Queensland

The first weekend in June marked the 13th annual Fraser Island Clean up. The idea to hold such a large scale clean up, on arguably Australia’s most iconic tourist island, was conceived by two mates sitting around a camp fire sharing their 4wding experiences and love of the outdoors. One of the people present that was night was Jeff Chase. Since then Jeff and his wife Nola have become the driving force behind this annual event in collaboration with Four Wheel Drive QLD and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Services.
The 2013 Fraser Island Clean Up attracted over 290 volunteers from 19 four wheel drive clubs across Queensland. This year’s event found that in addition to the general rubbish and marine debris washed ashore by the tides, a significant amount of collected rubbish was washed ashore by the relentless weather systems that have battered the Fraser Coast (and much of Queensland) this year. 

4WD Qld conservation officer Mark Haeusler said the event was once again a success but was astounded by the amount of rubbish collected.

"The area cleaned up by the volunteers was most of the Eastern shore of the island therefore a lot of flotsam and jetsam collected consisted of plastic such as netting, bottles, fish fluoro tubes and incredibly, thousands of toothbrushes".

"Approximately 50 cubic metres of rubbish (985 garbage bags) was collected in just 6 hours which is horrifying but instantly we had comments from tourism operators who frequent the island how much of a difference it made."

In a first for the event, the 2013 Fraser Island Clean Up saw volunteers also concentrate on targeting invasive Cassia and Lantana problem areas that were identified by QPWS rangers.
"Fraser Island is a listed World Heritage Area and 4WD Qld are proud to assist in helping to keep it clean and weed-free so that future visitors can see its true beauty." Said Mark

The event is reliant upon volunteers with the backing of corporate sponsorship. Without the people donating time, money and products this event would not exist. If you'd like to be part of next year's Four Wheel Drive Queensland’s Fraser Island Clean Up event seewww.4wdqld.com.au

New Website Under Construction

9/6/2013

 
Well it has taken a while but we are finally looking at upgrading our website.  More details to follow but this is an example of a blog page/article.  Similar to a Facebook Post but available to all.  We write up the article here and then share it out via email and/or Facebook or other Social media we might want to use in the future.

President's Report - June 2013

1/6/2013

 
Hi everyone,
The cooler weather is definitely starting. I did a quick weekend trip to Glasshouse Mountains Camp Grounds on the weekend and the fire wood was needed. Everyone will have to have their winter woollies packed for the camp oven night in July there. 

We have also gained access to the locked gate area in Clear Mountain where Peter Bowen will now be running the DA course. We may also be looking at running a night run in the area. Big thanks to David Duncan for that. 

The Bellthorpe trip was another great run. We had lots of visitors and with a sausage sizzle at the end of the run it was a great way to finish. 

Just a quick reminder to everyone as well, make sure you pay your membership fees. We should have some great stories and pictures for the magazine next month with the Lyons Road trip, Barefoot Bowls night and Fraser Island clean up weekend.

We have a great trip coming up for everyone. It will be a touring trip for 3 days. There will be a massive burger to eat which everyone will enjoy and there will also be a camp oven night on the last night at the 5 million start resort at Millmerran. Simon has all the details if you’re interested.

The St Helena Ghost Tour has been postponed to September, see the article further in the magazine for more details. Don’t miss this evening. It will be a great night.

Until next month, stay safe and see you all on the tracks somewhere.

Drew Conoplia

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