INSTEAD of chucking your cans out or popping them in your recycling bin, the people at the Dunrobin Hall are more than happy to accept them, in their ongoing can drive to fund restorations for an historic piece of the community.

From a new kitchen floor, to improvements to the walls and drainage system, Dunrobin local Julie Robins said there was no shortage of work needed on the community’s 108-year-old hall.

“The kitchen floor, supper room floor needs to be concreted, replaced,” she said.

“And while we’re doing that, we have to jack up one of the walls which means that the cladding needs to be redone.”

Drainage is also an issue in need of attention, with water running under the hall and causing rot to the boards.

The can drive launched last Sunday, 20 November, with several wool packs “ready to go”.

Ms Robins said the hall committee was specifically interested in metal cans over any other, less valuable recyclables.

“We’re getting a lot of plastic, which we do not want,” she said.

“Everyone tends to give us everything but … the more stuff we get, the more we have got to sort out so we’d prefer cans.”

Dunrobin’s Christmas party on Sunday, 18 December will be an opportunity to drop by and drop off cans, as well as say hello and have a drink.

A drop-off point for cans is available at Digger’s Rest, next to Dunrobin Hall on Casterton-Naracoorte Road.