6 Days to departure

Well its that hectic time of the year again when we start getting the boats and crews geared up for the ultimate beachcombing adventure.  This year the Velocity, Diamantina and Breaksea will be joined by Pieter van der Woude's new charter vessel the Odalisque II. This flotilla will take the largest contingent ever of volunteers to the remote beaches of Southwest Tasmania. Many thanks to the myriad of generous sponsors and particularly the fishermen for donating their vessels and expertise as none of the past 15 years efforts would be possible without them. We have a number of new faces joining the team this year and there short bios can be found on the Team page.

The weather for departure day and the few after that look interesting to say the least.
One thing is for sure its not going to be a nice calm trip along the bottom of Tasmania.

2015 Raffle

Fundraiser 27th December at the Republic Bar

Patagonia Web Movie Released

A big thanks to Mick Waters and the folks at Patagonia for putting together this short piece on last years cleanup. Enjoy this and other videos about the cleanup on the Movies page

ABC Open Cleanup Video

Have a look at the latest cleanup video produced by Troy Melville as part of the ABC Open project.

 
South West Cleanup from ABC Open Southern Tasmania on Vimeo.

Adrift: Tracking Plastics from the Source

This is seriously cool. Click the below link to try and work out where the plastic in your area is coming from.

Adrift Map

The big thank you!

This is how you feel after cleaning up 48,340 pieces of rubbish! This year's cleanup was the biggest yet. We collected almost 15,000 more pieces of marine debris than last year from Tassie's wildest beaches - breaking the 200,000 pieces of rubbish mark for the lifetime of the cleanup - and we couldn't have done it without the amazingly generous support of our legendary sponsors and supporters.

The 2014 Cleanup Team would like to extend the hugest thank yous in the world to the following fantastic organisations, businesses and individuals who make this epic expedition happen every year.

Our wonderful sponsors … Patagonia Australia, Southern Ocean Adventures, Pennicott Wilderness Journeys, TSIC, AWM Electrical, Mures Tasmania, Wildcare, Ralphs Tasmanian Seafood, Miellerie Honey, Gillespies Ginger Beer, Wursthaus, Moo Brew, Hill Street Grocer, Bookend Trust and Modern Musician.

And our extremely generous and fabulous supporters … Christine Wright, Ash Hollick, Bill Harvey, Heather Moors, Louise Williams, Andrew Hooper-Nguyen, Gra Murdoch, Simon Bradshaw, the Community Development crew at Hobart City Council, Mark Hollick, Jessie Meaney-Davis, Johnny Abegg, Matt Bolton, Angus Davie, Ben Harbinson, Nadine Treister, Simon Branigan, Essie Rogers, Clancy Moore, Deirdre Granger, Rowena Morrison, Joanna Pinkiewicz, Megan Letts, Amanda Shone, Lauren Horsey, Ben Buxton, Maraccas, Maddie Price and some wonderful folk who wish to remain anonymous.

Thank you so much! We couldn't do it without you