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Working together to help the environment

15 February 2019

Children from Maningrida were busy planting native trees on Monday, February 4.
The kids had an amazing time and showed great comradery by working together to plant all of the trees. 
The children who were involved carefully planned out where they thought would be best to plant. They chose to plant some along the cricket oval to hopefully provide shade one day to those walking between the shop and the pool. 
The trees will soon provide much needed shade, bush tucker, beautiful colours and shelter as well as provide homes for the local wildlife. 
Some native beach stabilisation plants and vines will also be planted as well to help reduce rate of beach erosion around the community.
Only a handful of trees that have been sourced by the Council works Team have been planted so far and the children are hoping to plant many more over the coming months. 
The trees are a part of the Maningrida beautification project which was made possible by the Maningrida Local Authority.