ROAD WATCH—ADOPT A ROAD Issue 6

GROUP EARNS ITS STRIPES

Working in the beautiful Goolwa Hindmarsh Island area the Cittaslow Goolwa Road Watch group have made a positive impact for the wildlife and local environment. In this edition the Group have provided an overview of their activities and a little information about Cittaslow, Goolwa.

“Citta is the Italian word for town and slow comes out of the Slow Food movement in Italy, which started about 25 years ago, when small towns all over Italy opposed fast food outlets like Mc Donald's etc. pushing into their communities.

Out of that developed Cittaslow exactly 20 years ago in Orvietto, Umbria, Italy. The philosophy aims at slowing down the pace in a small

community, to the benefit of residents, tourists, businesses etc.

Looking after your local producers, the environment, your heritage, your elderly, your kids, your tourism, your local businesses and the wellbeing of every resident are the core values.

Goolwa became part of this world-wide movement in 2007, when we were severely affected by drought. It was an idea of trying to lift the community spirit during a time of despondency.

We were the first town in Australia and the first outside of Europe to join this movement. By now there are well over 200 towns worldwide, who joined Cittaslow, trying to make a small difference to the way a town develops and prospers.

Cittaslow Goolwa runs a Food and Wine group, an environmental group, an Arts group, a Farmers Market, a Community Garden and puts on various free community events like ' At the Wharf ' [food, wine and music], a yearly ' Smoke Off' in November, and some very educating 'How To' sessions.

Two years ago we joined the KESAB Road Clean Up program and with a steady stream of volunteers we might even be able to extend our road clean up by a further few kilometres deeper into Randell Rd. on Hindmarsh Island, one of the three major roads in and out of Goolwa.

The other two roads are covered by Rotary and your own KESAB group in Goolwa.

We hope that gives you a rough idea what we are about !”

Author—Olaf Hansen

Further information is available at https://www.cittaslowgoolwa.com.au/

Congratulations to Road

Watch—Adopt A Road group

Cittaslow Goolwa. 2 Years of

hard work pays dividends.

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Lameroo an even better place to

visit due to the hard work of

these volunteers. Check out the litter collected. A very impressive result. The group made it casual and people had a good time. The 3 hours spent through Mallee scrub from road-side to fence-line made a huge difference.

Interestingly the group mentioned that there was a large amount of coloured polypropylene baling twine found. This is not good locally if it is found in a wool clip it degrades the quality immensely. It seems that the string degrades to a point where it can blow around and probably get into the wool of sheep. A search of the internet shows that there have been attempts by recyclers to structure programs that would see farmers collect the polypropylene twine and recycler into

other products. Please go to: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-30/recyclers-tackle-growing-farm-waste-problem-plastic-products/11258908 here you will see an interesting story from Landline which discusses how one recycling plant in NSW is working with the farming sector to assist them with the recycling of plastic and the polypropylene twine.

Like to know more about Lameroo? Then go to http://www.murrayriver.com.au/lameroo

Lions Club of Lameroo & Lameroo Neighbourhood Watch clean-up big time.

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KESAB Clean Marine - Port River Shoreline Clean-up proudly sponsored by ATCO and supported by Road Watch—Adopt A Road

The only thing these Pirates stole was a huge amount of litter from the Port River and Creek.

A big thank you to Pirate Life Brewing and their team who participated in the Clean Marine Port River shoreline Clean-up on World Environment Day. 30 staff working in shifts participated in the 4 hour event.

Congratulations on a massive effort with a huge focus on the debris that had lodged in the Rocks of the Riprap Barrier at the Tom O’Shanter Creek and all along the Northern side of the Port Creek.

The Joyce Snadden Reserve was also a focus for the team who picked up micro plastics

embedded in the grass and in the playground cover.

KESAB is proud to have the support of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield who arranged for the litter disposal.

Industry support for the Clean Marine Project has been fantastic.

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Volunteer voices frustration at his observations

in the field.

Roadwatch is a joint project of Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure and

KESAB environmental solutions.

Some of our volunteers work alone caring for the spaces in which they live. KESAB recently had one such volunteer express their frustrations with peoples behaviour. Quote, “I feel like giving up on the world, people just don’t care. The Federal Resources Minister says we need to drill for oil in The Bight. All very well to say “we take all care”. If there is an accident, there goes aquaculture and fishing industries, tourism, the environment and marine and bird life. The Amazon jungle is burning and the world has been told to butt out.” The volunteer had many areas of societal concern. KESAB highlights the contribution by volunteers are respected and valued. Volunteer work is the backbone of environmental care and improvement.

Safety First—Leading into Summer. Volunteer safety is KESAB’s number one priority when working on roadsides. So here are some reminders for everyone to ensure you and your teams are safe:

Safety signs should be visible to on coming traffic

Wear safety vests at all times

Wear sturdy shoes, gloves, long pants and long sleeve shirts are recommended

Wear sunscreen, a broad brimmed hat and close fitting glasses

Be aware that you may come across snakes and vermin

Hydrate regularly.

Please ensure that you refresh your teams on General Safety in the field. Please advise Louise Stewart roadwatch@kesab.asn.au if you need a new PDF copy of the Safety Handbook.

Volunteer email addresses. We have the group leaders and secondary contact email addresses, but, we would like to include all volunteers in the newsletter mail out. If volunteers would like to receive the newsletter direct from KESAB please email Louise Stewart at roadwatch@kesab.asn.au. Don’t forget to like the Road Watch Facebook Page. https://www.facebook.com/KESABRoadWatch