Coastal clean-up

By Bridget Brady
ABOUT30 Blind Bight residents got their hands dirty during a working bee on the weekend to clean up ground fuel around the community centre.
Casey mayor Geoff Ablett joined the residents and cleaned up dead wood, sticks and leaves, near the Blind Bight Community Centre on Anchorage Drive on Sunday.
The City of Casey Council approved the clean-up day that was organised after some residents expressed their fear about living in the densely-bushed coastal village town after Black Saturday.
Debate has also surrounded the clearing of the land in the coastal villages as there are strict environmental controls attached to the land.
But resident Bob Wray said the working bee was a successful, family day.
“It looks really fabulous and it’s just what we hoped for,” he said.
Mr Wray said several truckloads of dead wood and other materials were cleaned up.
“Dead wood was a fuel issue and that was the main thing. We didn’t shift any logs any animals would be in. All the little bits and pieces in the cleared area made it look so great.”
Mr Wray said the community hoped to continue maintaining the area around the community centre.
Casey’s engineering and environment manager David Richardson said the council would develop a municipal fire management plan that would address the management of all the council’s natural reserves across Casey.