It was an early morning start for the clean up convoy, steaming north from Spain Bay in the pre-dawn. The swell had backed off and cruising was considerably more comfortable than the previous day. Plenty of albatross, dolphins and seals followed us up the wild west coast but alas, no tuna.
The surfers had a quick wave on the way up, and the fishers had some success with a couple of Stripey, and for Gabbie, a cod. Jesse got in the water and picked up some abalone and a couple of crays.
The crew landed at Nye Bay and were initially surprised at what appeared to be a relatively clean stretch of sand. But microplastics lurk in the sand blows and mangroves. And under that, plenty of big and nasty junk - buoys, bait savers, nets and bottles. And ROPE. So much rope. It was sad to see the trees that line parts of the Giblin River choked with fragments of nylon rope. The place was looking much better by the time we'd finished, though, and the crew returned to the boats in the late afternoon exhausted but very satisfied with a job well done. At the end of the day, it came to 11,602 pieces of plastic removed from beautiful Nye Bay. Until next time!
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