CCCG Kites at Caloundra Fringe Festival 2012

The Currimundi Catchment Care Group’s annual kite painting event in June – Flying High for World Environment Day – was washed out this year, leaving the group with several boxes of unpainted kites.

What better way to put these to good use than to set up a stall at the Caloundra Fringe Festival on 29 September. The stall attracted kids of all ages creating colourful designs on their kites to reflect all the natural things we love about Currimundi Lake – birds, fish, turtles and as the picture shows……mermaids!

It was another great way to remind people of our anti-litter message – that kites make a great alternative to balloons for outdoor events. They don’t burst and enter the waterways where they can be eaten by marine life – they go home with you ready for the next outdoor event.