A DISMAYED Moruya fishing family collected five large bags of rubbish from the North Head breakwall over Easter and want more bins installed at the popular spot.
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Mandi Powell and her family regularly fish from the breakwall and watched in dismay as rubbish piled up.
They began collecting on Saturday and by Monday had filled five large garbage bags.
On Easter Sunday, the family collected 30, half-filled, plastic bags of bait.
“It’s not normally like this,” Mrs Powell said.
“It’s bad and it’s all from the weekend.”
The attitude of litterers also upset the family.
“We have seen people leaving rubbish and asked them to pick it up,” Mrs Powell said.
“They say ‘no’.
“There is a small bin here, but they don’t use it.
“It is simple to put it in a bag and take it away.
“People just don’t care.
“There are so many holes in the rocks here (where) they stash it.
“You don’t have to look very hard to find rubbish out here.”
Mrs Powell said the family cleaned up the area because she didn’t want the trash to pollute the ocean and kill fish.
“We pick it up because it’s damaging the environment,” she said.
“Plastic and bottles are dangerous, people take their kids out there and it’s bad for the fish.
“It ends up in the ocean and then the beach isn’t pretty.
“Tourists come here for the pretty beaches.”
The family collected beer bottles, alcohol cans and plastic bags.
Mrs Powell had a simple message for visitors.
“Put it in a bin and or take it home,” she said.
However, she hoped Eurobodalla Shire Council could also help.
“They need to supply bins along the wharf,” Mrs Powell said.
