BeachPatrol Activities
Cleanest, Safest Beaches Possible
The BeachPatrol vision is to have strong communities living in a healthy environment with no plastic pollution.
06 Sep
2026
2026
3185 Balaclava- Ripponlea 3183/5 Hewison Reserve, Balaclava JGS🐧 FOR JT 06 Sep 2026
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No group clean this month: thank you Jo and Andrew for your individual action. 🙏👏🙂
Lots of small, lightweight litter removed from Hewison Reserve, much of it from public drinking. U Name It = 40 wine...
06 Sep
2026
2026
3185 Balaclava- Ripponlea 3183/5 Hewison Reserve, Balaclava JGS🐧 for JT 06 Sep 2026
No group clean this month: individual action. Thank you Jo and Andrew for cleaning up your local reserve: Hewison Res.
Lots of litter relating to outdoor alcohol drinking (20 beer bottle caps, 40 wine...
02 Aug
2026
2026
3185 Balaclava- Ripponlea 3183/5 Ripponlea Station and surrounds, JGS🐧 02 Aug 2026
A beautiful sunny morning rewarded our 14 volunteers for our half-yearly clean up in Ripponlea.
Apart from listed items, we collected a suitcase, a
backpack and a car mat. A dumped bike was reported...
05 Jul
2026
2026
3185 Balaclava- Ripponlea 3183/5 Balaclava Station and surrounds, JGS🐧 05 Jul 2026
Brrrr! Great way to warm up on a wintry morning. Seventeen enviro-champions really made a huge difference in Balaclava, removing 49 kg of litter from the lanes, footpaths and carparks. Much of this co...
07 Jun
2026
2026
3185 Balaclava- Ripponlea 3183/5 Balaclava Station and surrounds, JGS🐧 07 Jun 2026
Yeay! The sunshine was very welcome as fourteen volunteers took action to clean up litter from Balaclava. It was a pleasure to welcome three new volunteers.
Altogether, we collected 41 kg of rubbish,...
10 May
2026
2026
3185 Balaclava- Ripponlea 3183/5 Balaclava Station and surrounds, JGS🐧 10 May 2026
We were grateful yesterday's drizzle didn't re-appear. Eleven terrific volunteers cleared 28 kg from the streets and carparks near Balaclava Station.
Single-use plastic items form a large part of ev...
05 Apr
2026
2026
3185 Balaclava- Ripponlea 3183/5 Balaclava Station and surrounds, JGS🐧 05 Apr 2026
Thanks to nine keen volunteers, we collected 12 kg of litter from our neighbourhood. It was great to welcome a new volunteer.
Key items included: 37 drink bottles and cans, 51 coffee
cups and lids,...
01 Mar
2026
2026
3185 Balaclava- Ripponlea 3183/5 Balaclava Station and surrounds, JGS🐧 01 Mar 2026
Twelve trusty volunteers did a great job removing rubbish from Balaclava streets today. Even with some regulars away, we collected 20 kg.
Key items: 76 drink bottles and cans, separately 76 plastic b...