Day 7

Friday 19 March 2021
Green Island Main and the Duck Hole
By SP & JG

We wake to a very heavy sea mist with the boats split up, anchored between the Towterer and Green Island anchorages. Visibility was less than 50 metres and the boats at Towterer beach were rolling heavily in the 3 metre SW swell.
 
We were eager to get on land at Green Island Main to make a start on what is always an epic day of rubbish collection. As the mist cleared we made it to shore; heads down and bags filling quickly. After three hours, we moved over to the Duck Hole, taking the 2-km rock scramble by foot. The 'Duckhole' yielded its usual assortment of ropes, bottle-caps and plastic. The old-timers commented rubbish was down until we hit a pit of micro-plastics.

 
After 7 hours on the beach, with a building SW swell and southerly sea breeze developing, we step into a highly organised sea ballet (dinghy pick-up and boat-transfers) featuring our stellar skippers Dave the Wave, Bucky, Hazza and Jesse. The crew disperse to surfing and coastal adventures on the way back to the safety and comfort of Spain Bay, where Masaaki prepares tuna sashimi plates as the count begins.
 
Count total:
Green Is Main: 13,457
The Duck Hole: 10,213
 
Another day done. We will sleep well tonight!