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Islington Bay Beach Cleanup (2014)

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Date: Saturday 5 April 2014

Location: Rangitoto Island, Auckland

Trip leader: Hayley Ware

Trampers: misc. unnamed randoms


Barge heading home with the rubbish.
Barge heading home with the rubbish.

Hayley with the loot.
Hayley with the loot.

The Islington Bay Beach Cleanup on April 5th was a huge success!


We had a fantastic turnout, with about 50 volunteers turning up to help clean up the bay! In addition to RYC members from more than ten yachts, we had twenty volunteers come over on the ferry (including a large turnout from the Auckland University Tramping Club), six divers from Auckland University Underwater Club, and two Watercare Harbour Cleanup Trust crew. A fleet of dinghies from RYC took care of the harder to access Motutapu Island side of the bay, while the Watercare Harbour Cleanup Trust barge dropped other volunteers at different locations on the Rangitoto side. We cleaned up about three kilometres of coastline around Islington Bay and Gardner Gap, and also had six divers collecting rubbish from underwater in the bay! An astounding 1750 litres of rubbish were collected altogether, including lots of bottles, cans, scraps of plastic, an enormous tractor tyre and even a kitchen sink!


Afterwards, everyone enjoyed a BBQ on Islington Bay Wharf, with delicious Boerewors sausages donated by Fred’s Fine Foods. Thanks to Fullers for providing a service to and from Islington Bay for us, and to the Watercare Harbour Cleanup Trust for providing rubbish bags, briefing volunteers, ferrying volunteers to and from cleanup locations around the bay, and taking away all the rubbish afterwards!


Overall it was a fantastic day and we made a huge difference to the bay! Thanks to everyone involved!

Author: Hayley Ware

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