Parks Victoria education officer Michelle Doherty urges people to help clean up Australia.KEEPING Australia clean is a top priority for groups across the Dandenong Ranges on Sunday.
Hills people are invited to join Parks Victoria in cleaning up the Dandenong Ranges National Park.
Or just a short distance away you can join the Friends of Blind Creek Billabong as they too clean up parkland from Scoresby Road to Dorset Road.
Both groups are putting on their gloves, and picking up rubbish for Clean Up Australia Day
Parks Victoria ranger Matt Hoogland said many volunteers help each year to clean up parks and waterways in the Dandenong Ranges.
Mr Hoogland said many of the volunteers are also part of Friends groups and spend most of the year cleaning up weeds and rubbish.
He said getting together with family and friends to help remove rubbish from parks and waterways could be a very rewarding experience.
“If we take for granted the health of our parks and waterways, we will not be able to leave them as a legacy for future generations to enjoy,” he said.
People wanting to help clean up the national park can join the crew at 9.30am on Sunday, at the Ferntree Gully Picnic Ground on the corner of Mt Dandenong Tourist Road and Burwood Highway.
People wanting to help out the Friends of Blind Creek Billabong can meet them at 10am at Jacobus Walk in Ferntree Gully.
Following several hours of cleaning up, the group will also host a barbecue for everyone who joins in the fun.
