Departure Day

We woke to sunny calm morning in the shelter of the bay at Southport and spent the morning unloading all of the crayfishing gear off the Velocity. We filled up all 10 dingy fuel cans, loaded the ginger beer and provisions and prepared the boats for departure.  Also along side the wharf was the Rumors with Adam and his crew who had loaded up their supplies the previous evening, they departed at 3 pm. Darren Clark on the Celtic Rose is due to depart at 4pm.

The team of 21 includes artists, activists, builders, commercial fishermen, architects and scientists.

With a three metre Southwest swell and 20 knots of wind from the southwest, we are hoping to make it around Whale Head and make our way at least to New Harbour. The forecast looks great for early next week and hopefully we can make it onto some the big exposed beaches north of Port Davey where the plastic has not been cleaned for two years.

Thanks again to all our sponsors and supporters, this mission would not happen without you.

More Provisions

The morning was spent visiting long term sponsors at the West Hobart Hill Street store to collect enough supplies to keep the crew of 21 well fed for the 2020 cleanup. The supplies were packed in reusable collapsible plastic crates in three piles, one for each of the boats.

Next stop was a visit the another of our long term sponsors at the Wursthaus Kitchen in Salmanca where Peter and Simon supply all our meat supplies. Chef Simon Webster pictured below has been on a few of the Cleanup Missions and knows how to knock up some sumptuous treats to keep us going after a long day on the beach.

The rest of the day was spent organising the team, talking with the media, sorting out the satellite communications and preparing for the departure around midday from Dover and Southport on Saturday. 

Essential Supplies

We are in full swing preparations now. I spent the morning picking up the sea sickness pills from my good friends Sam and Seymour at Gillespies Ginger Beer. Sam has been generously supporting the cleanup for around 10 years and has joined us on the mission in 2011. He has also donated some Gillespies shirts and beanies for the crew on the upcoming trip. Sam is currently exhibiting his Marine Debris Art skills down at the Copping Hall.

4 Days until departure

Team clean are gearing up for our next adventure around the coast and the weather looks interesting.
We started the week looking at 35 knot Southerly winds and 4.5 metres of swell for our Saturday departure, its now looking much more friendly at 15-20 knots southwesterly winds on a 2.5 to 3.5 metre swell.

We have ordered our fresh supplies from the good folks at Hill Street, The Wursthaus Kitchen and Gillespies Ginger Beer. The next few days will be spent in preparation for the big adventure.

A very big thanks to all of our friends, sponsors and supporters during the Pozible Crowdfunder Campaign, it was wonderful to see so many familiar names on the supporters lists.
Heres hoping for another fruitful trip to the wilds of Tasmania.

YEOWWWW! Our crowdfunder just hit $6500 💛

Thank you, a thousand million times, you wonderful big-hearted legends!

Thanks to you, we've just reached our fundraising stretch target of $6500 with seven days to go. Boomer!

We're kinda speechless (this is a highly unusual event) and feeling completely overwhelmed with the love and generosity that you, our beautiful salty family, have shown us over the past two weeks.

Thank you! You legends are our heroes.

Sending the biggest hugs in the world, from your biggest ever fans,
Team Clean x

WOOOHOOOOOO! We did it!

We can't believe it!

Thank you to all the amazing individuals, businesses and organisations who contributed so generously to our crowd funder! 

Thank you for standing up for our wild oceans and spectacular World Heritage beaches.

We were aiming for $3500, but thanks to the generosity of these wonderful legends, we have raised $3920 for our upcoming expedition in just over 49 hours!!! 

Our 2020 Team Clean expedition will now be well equipped with all the essential things:

• boat fuel to get us to these incredibly remote beaches
• important scientific and beach cleaning supplies
• AND a whole lot of provisions to keep up our energy levels high and keep us out on the beaches as long as possible every day!

For once, Team Clean is kinda speechless. Thank you a thousand time, legendary ocean lovers! We couldn't do it without you.

Yewww! The crowdfunder for our 2020 expedition is live ♡

We dream of wild and beautiful beaches that are free from toxic pollution. Are you with us? 💙

This March, a dedicated team of our expert volunteer beach cleaners will embark on another epic expedition.

We'll be cleaning up tens of thousands of pieces of polluting rubbish that are washing onto our World Heritage beaches, polluting ancient middens, choking our oceans and killing precious marine life and sea birds.

We removed over 112,000 pieces of toxic rubbish from these special ecosystems in 2018 and we're committed to making the 2020 expedition the biggest cleanup yet!

We just launched our new crowd funder! Can you chip in and help us protect our spectacular World Heritage beaches?

Please give generously ♡