Clean Up Australia Day

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Clean Up Australia Day

4^th of March, 2007

Site Coordinator: Maria Tran

Volunteers: Ryan Petersen, Timothy Ly, Elizabeth Vu, Anna Lam, Anna Tu, Roxie Vuong, David Tran & Thanh Tran.

Clean up site: Started at Carramar Station, walking over bridge into Canley Vale, along the school, Orphan School Creek, to Cabramatta CBD and back home. Special thanks to Vietnamese Community Australia for providing chill water and fresh bags for our event.

Maria's Comments: Wow! It just shows how Rumble Pictures is expanding....I guess at first the though of participating in Clean Up Australia Day didn't quite elicited the "excited" response but I'm glad we did it. When it comes down to it RP isn't just a bunch of youngies narrowly focused on movies, films, artworks etc,,,but also for the environment and the community.

Click here to watch "2007 Clean Up Australia Day"

Roxie Vuong's Event Blog Submitted 5/3/07

Sweating more than a gym session, more dirty than, well, we’ve been in while, the Clean up Australia Day team were definitely burning some serious kilojoules on Sunday the 4^th of March.
Although only a small group of us attended, about 8 of us all up, we still managed to fill up a dozen or so garbage bags full of all manner of waste and debris (old thongs anyone?)

Starting off at Carramar Station we wound our way across the bridge, pass Canley High school until we arrived at Freedom Plaza, Cabramatta.

Along the way we maneuvered difficult terrain, under bridges, in bushes and creek banks but we also encountered a lot of support from passer-bys, glad, I guess that we were helping them clean up their front lawn.

On the way back we stopped to shoot the clean up commercial which was shot by Tim and starred comedy central a.k.a Ryan. After a few mis-takes; Ryan was basically learning the script on the spot (two thumbs up for his improv skills) and bit of waiting around for the planes and cars to stop hindering the sound we finally nailed it and thank goodness for that too!

After almost 4 hours of constantly walking around carrying big garbage bags we finally made our way back to Carramar and up to Maria’s place for nice filling sandwiches (do we ever thank her enough?).

All in all it was a great experience; sure we got our hands dirty but inside we felt much better and if there was one thing we learnt today, it was that if we had ever felt guilty about “accidentally” littering in the past, well than we definitely redeemed ourselves today.

A 8.30am start began quiet sluggishly.

Nevertheless, the cleaning process took off as soon as the first bits of garbage was spotted

Crew cautiously (without incident) rakes up years old litter

Timothy Ly captures the cleaning Action!

Roxie Vuong more than happy to do a good deed

Reggae Ryan examines the scenery

Anna Lam emerges from the ditch

David Tran puts the extra effort in reaching for litter

Tim shoots a close and personal shot of Ryans kick butt lines

Break Time

The Clean Busting Gang

Tims excitement in CUA

Heaps of GarboMan litter Suxs

Photos captured by Maria Tran

Written by Roxie Vuong

Maximum Cleanage: Rumble Pictures puts the “Pow!” into garbage.

Every one’s done it before. Littered I mean. It’s not really a social taboo and it may be your only option if there are no bins around. We’ve also used plastic bags before and maybe you smoke cigarettes. But when you consider that it takes 1000 years for non-biodegradable plastic to decompose and that 4.5 trillion cigarettes are littered every year you might think again.

Taking care of our environment might not mean much to most people but if for only a day in the year you actually want to help clean up our clogged up waterways, littered parks and streets than let it be on the 4^th March. The annual Clean Up Australia Day.

It’s a hard- working yet worthwhile day where communities get together to help not only the environment but ultimately themselves as well.

One dynamic group Rumble Pictures has taken the time to help out on this important day. Rumble Pictures is an emerging production company headed by enthusiastic youths from south-western Sydney. They are focused mainly on the production of the feature film Maximum Choppage 2 (to be premiered in July) but have also diversified into other areas such as music videos, documentaries, graphics design and photography.

This talented bunch of youths are also passionate about social and environmental concerns, which is why they have set up their own site on the Clean Up Australia Day webpage so that anyone in the local area of Cabramatta can come and join them on what is set to be an interesting and valuable learning experience.

The crew from Rumble Pictures plan to start the clean up campaign at 8.30am headed by PR Manager of Rumble Pictures Maria Tran.

So if you’re an environmental crusader or a remorseful litterbug, or if you’re just plain bored on Sunday the 4^th of March come along to at the meeting point of Carramar Station and help Clean Up Australia Day- you might even pick up some movie- making tips!

Interested in helping Rumble Pictures clean up Canley Vale/ Cabramatta. Contact Maria Tran maria.tran@rumblepictures.com.au for more details. Or log onto http://www.cleanup.org.au/au/ and search the Canley Vale area.

Important Information

Invitation: This is an open to members of MC2 and Rumble Pictures and any members of the public.

Time: 8.30am SHARP

Date: 4^th of March, 2007

Meeting Point: Carramar Station

Attire: Comfortable. Clothing that you don’t mind getting dirty. Joggers – no heels. Remember to bring SLIP (long sleeve, loose shirt) , SLOP (sunscreen), SLAP (Hat) items.

Clean up Australia Day parameters: from Carramar Station we will be trekking by foot over the bridge into the suburb of Canley Vale, along Orphan School Creek, Parkes Reserve, Sherwin Park, Johnston Park and if time permits Recreation Reserve and Cabramatta CBD.

Other details: Rumble Pictures Crew members will be around and about during this day to document this event. The day will end with a light lunch at Cabramatta Whitlam Library.

If anyone is interested, please contact me via email maria.tran@rumblepictures.com.au or alternatively, 0433803449 to register your interest. Otherwise you are welcome to turn up on the day with your gloves and garbage.