Thanks to everyone who came along to Clean Up Australia Day on Thursday and helped collect approximately 45 kilograms of rubbish. The Sustainable Spartans are now working on their next mission to make Storyfest a sustainable event.

See some of the great photos from the clean up, taken by Vivian Song and Alex Taylor-Girdler.

Thank you to Dr Brohier and the Sustainable Spartans organising team for helping with planning/promotion and to Mrs Amores, Mrs Hossy, Mrs Leslie and Mr Stafford for supervising on the day. I'm also very grateful to Mrs Wilson, Mrs McDonald, Ms Higgs and my mum who all worked behind the scenes to make the clean-up happen.

Our next challenge will be to help make Storyfest a successful sustainable event. We have been invited to a meeting with waste management company Suez to discuss ways in which we can spread the message about how to avoid, reduce, reuse and recycle - and why this is important.

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