SCCU and partners thank the community for a great Clean Up

Southern Cross Credit Union and their community partners came together on Sunday 5th March 2023, to host one major impact event for the Kingscliff community, and the results were incredible. The community came out in numbers, with over 200 volunteers, including SCCU staff, families, nippers and locals.

In just under two hours, 23.7 kilos of rubbish was removed from the Kingscliff foreshore, which was a substantial amount considering most of the items were small. These items included hundreds of pieces of small plastics, cigarette butts, sushi soy sauce fsh containers, bottles, hundreds of lids, fshing gear, cans and more.

“It was fantastic to see the local community turn out to join us at this event.

“The results were huge in such a short period of time, and whilst it is great to see this amount of rubbish removed before it could wind up in the digestive systems of our wildlife, it was sad to see so much collected on a beach that appears to be clean on a surface level.

“We need to continue raising awareness around the importance of healthy waterways and reducing rubbish on our beaches, creeks and oceans for our future.’ SCCU Community and Sponsorship Specialist, Cassie Nicole shares.

‘’Caring for our environment is up to all of us, and through community effort and understanding, we can help reduce the negative impact. Events such as Clean Up Australia Day give us the opportunity to come together and raise awareness, but our actions daily will create change.’’

SCCU, Positive Change For Marine Life, Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital, Australian Seabird and Turtle Rescue, and

Cudgen Headland Surf Life Saving Club are extremely proud of the results, and believe it is important to continue to raise awareness of the damage caused by rubbish left in our environment.

To read the full report on both the Kingscliff and Byron Bay Clean Up Events, head to https://pcfml.org.au/ blog/cuad2023

New access road and carparking for Mullumbimby skate park

Work is about to start on a much-needed carpark and access road at the Mullumbimby skate park.

The existing gravel access road, which is off Stuart Street, was only intended as a temporary access route.Council will also be improving drainage on the sporting field and installing bollards to stop people driving on to the oval and damaging the grass.

The budget for the project is $360,000.

The skate park is part of a sporting, youth, and community precinct, which includes the community garden, the netball and tennis courts, a cricket pitch and green, open space.

“The skate park is well used by young people but there is no formal parking in the area and to address this we will be putting in around

16 car parking spaces,” Byron Shire Mayor, Michael Lyon said.

“This means parents will be more easily able to drive their children to the skate park and supervise them which will hopefully see more smaller children enjoying the precinct,” he said.

Work will start in midMarch and take about four weeks to finish.