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Great Lakes graffiti buster Ted Bickford vowed to right the wrongs of remorseless vandals who damaged the Lifeline Taree charity bins and loading dock in Butterworth car park and the Queen Elizabeth Park playground this past week.
Ted spent hours cleaning up the mess, alongside fellow volunteer Nathan Dillon, on Thursday, October 15.
These areas looked remarkably cleaner the following day, with all the explicit images removed from walls, roller doors, slides and steps.
Ted has a zero tolerance policy for graffiti and heads out every morning, seven days a week, to survey the Great Lakes for vandalism.
He can be called to remove graffiti between Harrington and Hawks Nest.
But for the record, it's a sad state of affairs when an elderly man has to drive almost an hour up the highway to clean-up mess made by others.
Anti-graffiti coats have been added to numerous surfaces in Croki, Forster and Nabiac thanks to the ingenuity of Ted.
"Each coat will last for about five years," he said.
To report graffiti, call Ted on 0408440309.
Meanwhile, the Lifeline charity bins, which were set on fire in the past week, were also removed from behind the Taree store by scrap metal workers.
Lifeline Forster manager Peita Dent, who is helping out in Taree in the absence of a manager, said the fire caused $6000 worth of damage.
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