As part of a program called 'The Big Lift', 38 students from the University of Technology Sydney spent Monday, July 11, in Captains Flat doing unskilled labor jobs to give the town a facelift.

The university students moved a massive pile of mulch into garden beds at Captains Flat Public School, as well as painting pots and poles around the school grounds.

Captains Flat Public School Principal, Hannah Lowman, said the school had been given a "facelift".

The team moved 30 cubic meters of mulch for future native tree plantings.

"It's a lot of mulch to move, too much for our students to move," Ms Lowman said.

The volunteers also helped out with various community projects at the community hall and the lookout throughout the day.

Arriving on Sunday evening, the students slept in the school hall and were fed by parents of the school and members of the community.

The visit to Captains Flat was part of a nine day journey through regional NSW where the students stop at a new town each day and run volunteer service programs.

Crew member, Sheerin Takoo, said they run on the philosophy of 'paying it forward'.

"We do a good act for a someone or a town, with the hope that that is paid forward and done for someone else in the future."

"Captains Flat was very receptive to the help we were offering ... we thought we could make a real difference," she said.

"One of the best things about it is that the people actually really want to bond with us.

"So a massive shoutout to Captains Flat, it's an amazing town."

For the past six years The Big Lift has driven north of Sydney, but this year they decided to change course and drive south for the first time ever.

Communications Director for The Big Lift, George Kalatzis said 38 hands definitely make light work.

"In regional towns often the hands aren't there to help or are not readily available and when a whole busload of students come along it makes a huge difference."

"We're taking love and kindness and hoping to spread that through the communities we visit," he said.