"Roadcombing" on State Hwy 30

CLEAN -UP DAY 22nd of May 2010

It was a GLORIOUS sunny afternoon in the Upper Waikato, after meeting the others at the rendezvous my son and I got down to it...
Roadcombing along State Hwy 30 near Whakamaru.

Here is a link to the photos I took of the litter my son & I collected "Roadcombing" along State Hwy 30 near Whakamaru..

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=13993&id=116629271692253&ref=mf

We collected LOTS of plastic & glass bottles, disposable coffee cups, snack/confectionary wrappers, disposable nappies and bits of smashed road markers.

Roadcombing is just like Beachcombing in that occasionally you find a treasure or 2!

Yesterday I found a delightful fish key ring - a nice reward for the effort involved.

Thanks to all involved at Whakamaru and the other venues

Counting Down to Clean-Up Day

Clean -Up Day is a happening thing in 3 locations on Saturday 22nd May 2010

Pine Harbour Auckland, Whakamaru & Nelson

This initiative has gathered momentum & support through the online Motorhome Forum:

nzmotorhome.co.nz

The Auckland Team are Meeting at the Irish Pub at the Pine Harbour Marina.
10 am on Saturday 22nd

The Whakamaru Team are meeting at the Picnic Area near the Christian Camp on State Hwy 30 at 2 pm

and the Nelson team are meeting at the Rock Rd Carpark (across the Road from 623 Cafe & Bar)
at 10 am

I think this is a great start for an initiative that was just an idea in my mind 3 weeks ago.
The internet has played a pivotal role in the development of this project and I hope that this small seed grows and matures to a Nationwide Clean-Up Campaign.
I really appreciate the support & commitment from the members of the online forum who have got in behind this idea.

"Freedom Campers" need some good press & our country needs cleaning up.

You Have to Start Somewhere

Kia Ora All

I am SO OVER Litter

After 7 months & 12,000km travelling our Fair Country, I am appalled by the rubbish & litter that DESPOILS our Fair land.

Plastic in all its many forms, cardboard, paper, al-cans & tear-tops, takeaway packaging, toilet paper & faeces etc.

We should be Ashamed of ourselves ~ Our "CLEAN GREEN" Image that all those Tourists come to experience does not bare too close a scrutiny....

Many of our Beaches & Waterways, Rest Areas & Roadsides, Picnic Area & Parks are polluted with filth.

So I have decided to initiate the Kiwi Litter Angels Project.

I am assembling "Kiwi Litter Angel" Packs containing:
Gloves, Bio-degradable Rubbish Sacks & Stickers that say:
"A Random Act of Eco-Care by Kiwi Litter Angels" to be placed on bags of collected litter before appropriate disposal.

I have made a Facebook Page:

http://www.facebook.com/ref=home?#!/pages/Kiwi-Litter-Angels/116629271692253

To upload "Before & After" photos of Random Acts of Eco-Care & monitor amount of Litter Collected.

We are holding our FIRST Clean Up Event at:
Whakamaru Picnic Area SH 30
2 pm 22nd May 2010

Please Join Us

Cheers
Maverick Dragon