The Club 4×4 Insurance team were on the ground at K’Gari as part of National Volunteer Week

Volunteers from Maroochydore-based Club 4×4 Insurance collected rubbish and debris from K’gari (formerly Fraser Island) recently as part of National Volunteer week and as a sponsor of the annual Four Wheel Drive Queensland (4WD QLD) K’gari Clean Up event.
Run by members of the 4WD QLD Association in collaboration with Queensland Department of Environment Science (DES), Queensland Parks and Wildlife Services (QPWS) and Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation (BAC), volunteers collected more than 6.5 tonnes of marine debris over three days.
The debris is weighed and sorted by Tangaroa Blue Foundation and added to its database, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.
The information is then used by the Australian Government and research agencies to help stop marine waste at its origin and inform environmental policies.
The team from Club 4×4 Insurance, a returning platinum sponsor, collected 45kg of rubbish from the Orchid Beach shoreline, including a GPS tracking beacon that Tangaroa Blue will restore and use to help track future marine waste.
“The K’gari Clean Up is a fantastic initiative and a great immersion experience for our team, highlighting how much the 4×4 community value our pristine spaces,” Club 4×4 Insurance Chief Executive Officer, Tony Mitchell, said.
“As sponsors of 4WD QLD, we’re honoured to work side-by-side with their members restoring the world’s largest sand Island.”
The 4WD QLD K’gari Clean Up does not receive government funding and relies solely on sponsors to ensure the event continues.
More than 800 volunteers from 4WD QLD’s 45 member clubs attended the annual event to ensure the UNESCO World Heritage-listed national park remains a ‘paradise’ as the Butchulla peoples’ traditional name ‘Kgari’ describes.
Club 4×4 Insurance offers comprehensive insurance which “goes anywhere in Australia you can legally take a 4WD,” and includes off-road recovery cover standard.
“Protect your family, and your lifestyle with Club 4X4 Insurance,” Tony said.
“The best bits of Australia can take a bit of getting to. But if you can cross it, climb it, and explore it in your 4WD, Caravan or Camper Trailer, Club 4X4 Insurance have you covered.
“We keep it simple: you discover, we cover.”

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