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Clean air and water for Wollongong: restoring Lotus Beach

Volunteers are restoring Lotus Beach in Wollongong; $1,950 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇦🇺 2501, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia1,029 views

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Lotus Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 34 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 134 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, including native species selected by a local botanist. The area floods more each year, and fish have returned for the first time in a decade after our first cleanup. Restoring it will protect homes and bring back shade. All the labor is volunteered. We just need materials. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $1,950 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $470 • Tools and protective gear: $590 • Waste removal and skip hire: $780 • Signage and educational materials: $110 Glad we found this place.

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Updates from Nathan

Good news. Because of your gifts ($382 in total) I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Update from Wollongong: I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. We're at 21% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($317 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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