Despite the lack of numbers from members of the public, those who did volunteer for this year's Clean Up Australia Day put in a fantastic effort.
Thirty bags and two trailer loads of rubbish were collected across the day in Parkes on Sunday from the seven Rural Fire Service volunteers and just six members of the public.
Evolution Mining Northparkes Operations never fail to answer the call for its community and cleaned up areas around town with 15 of their members.
Parkes site supervisor Jack McGrath was shocked and surprised at the state of the bushland behind Vaucluse Heights in the Middleton area.
"It was ridiculous," he said.
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Jack and his team collected 15 bags of trash and one full box trailer of bulk rubbish from this area.
Ten bags and another box trailer were filled from the truck stop on the Forbes Road near Harvey Norman and five more from May Street and the Parkes Skatepark.
"I was quite surprised at how clean the parks were," Jack said.
"There was a bit of rubbish at the skatepark but Council aren't able to have bins there."
While praising the effort of those who did put their hand up to clean up, Jack would have liked to see more people involved.
He's hoping, with the help of Parkes Shire Council, he can turn that around next year.
"There weren't many from the public this year," Jack said.
"I'll be looking at boosting it up next year."
