Noosa shines as helpers clean up

Isa Gruve of Germany, Stephen Trevarrow of Noosaville, Lucy Mackee, Juanita Bloomfield and Cathy Mitchell of Tourism Noosa, and Narelle Clide of Cairns at Noosaville on Clean Up Australia Day. Pictures: DARRYN SMITH

NOOSA is looking beautiful thanks to the hundreds of volunteers who spend Sunday 1 March cleaning 30 sites throughout the shire.
The official figures are yet to be released, but this year is set to be an impressive effort from the volunteers once again.
Nationally, more than 526,000 volunteers donned their gloves to pick up rubbish from 6165 sites across Australia on Clean Up Australia Day.
Since the event started 25 years ago, Australians have donated more than 28 million hours, removing an estimated 302,000 tonnes of rubbish from more than 151,919 sites across the country.