One of Australia's most famous World Heritage-listed islands has been turned into a tip by the Queensland floods, but locals have a few ideas about how to tackle the problem.
One of Australia's most famous World Heritage-listed islands has been turned into a tip by severe floods in south-east Queensland.Locals say rubbish has been a problem on the island for decades, but the latest onslaught has highlighted the issueA tourism operator says "volun-tourism" is one way to address the issue
K'gari Adventures chief executive Hana Robinson said the historic flooding had brought attention to the island's marine debris problem. "The total now is up over 30 tonnes of rubbish and it is still coming in — we do not see it slowing down anytime soon.Ms Robinson organised some of the beach clean-ups after the flooding in March.K'gari resident David Anderson says rubbish has been a problem for all 60 of his years on the island.
"It is a very long beach, that's the difficult part about it," he said.
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