For two multicultural groups new to Tamworth, Clean Up Australia Day was the chance to give back to the community they've come to love.
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The Karen and Vietnamese communities came together to take part in the clean up, and did such a great job they may have the chance to adopt a park in town.
The Karens are former refugees from Myanmar, and have participated in the annual clean up for six years in a row.
Graeme Reeves, NSS volunteer, worked with the Karens and supervised the clean up along Forest Road area from the Mountain Bike carpark, a few kilometres past the tip entrance.
They collected eight bags of rubbish in just one and a half hours on Sunday.
In another part of town near the Riverside Sports Field, a group of 33 people from the Vietnamese community turned up early at the site, ready to "do battle" with the trash.
Northern Settlement Service (NSS) settlement support worker Amalin Sundaravej welcomed everyone as they arrived, setting up an ironing board to act as a register with a sign-in and QR code as part of their COVID-19 safety plan.
"They went and cleaned up all sorts of terrain - under the bridge, around the park area, into the bushes along the Peel River as if nothing were beyond reach," she said.
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"At close to 10am, they all came with bags full of rubbish and vowed to come back again in 2022".
She said everyone left with a good feeling, happy with what they had done for their community, raising $143 for the Clean Up Australia day organisation.
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