THE area around Lake Hamilton is looking much cleaner after Baimbridge College Year 9 students spent hours picking up rubbish last Tuesday.

The activity was organised by five students – Mel Gardiner, Maison Hiatt, Isabella Dahl, Ontaj Gould, and Erica Brown – as part of their Community Learning Project (CLP) for their Alpine School for Student Leadership program, which required them to come up with a plan that would benefit their local community.