Thank you to the 5 volunteers who helped clean St Kilda beach and did a partial audit, counting 335 items.  This included 50 cigarette butts, 35 bottle tops and 15 CDS (Container Deposit Scheme) drink containers.  Your efforts are appreciated!

BeachPatrol 3207 was delighted to spend time with kinder 3 year olds and preschool 4 year olds on a visit to Sandridge Beach.  The two groups spent about 30 minutes each collecting plastic pieces of rubbish, including nurdles during their Beach Discovery session this morning.  A great team effort by all involved.  Thanks for helping to make our beaches safer for our seabirds and wildlife!!

Windy day!  Thanks to the 33 students who collected 8kg of litter in an hour from clean looking Elwood Beach this Monday morning.   We found lots lots lots of little bits! As well, the team collected 5 glass bottles, 18 plastic bottles, 16 cans and 8 coffee cups.  Great effort! 

Students from year 8 helped to clean the beaches near the Port Melbourne Life Saving Club following a presentation about plastics not only in our bay but globally in our oceans and rivers.  In the short span of 30 minutes, the students collected and categorised the litter, with a total of 398 items counted and removed.  Thanks for helping protect our seabirds and marine life! 

Frankston Beach Patrol was blessed with great weather to welcome Year 12 students from St Peters College, Cranbourne campus.

Studying United Nations goal 14 - Life Below Water, the students recognised that litter is a key challenge for ocean health. Where litter comes fro,  how it gets in our waterways & Port Phillip Bay, and how it affects marine life.

The students made a wonderful effort to cover 32,000 m2 & remove 7 kgs of litter! This included microplastic, nurdles & Container Deposit Scheme recyclables.

BeachPatrol 3207 volunteers were happy to greet year 4 students this morning for an educational session about litter and a beach clean on New Beach.  In only 30 minutes, they collected 18kgs of litter, including 7 CDS drink containers and 122 bottle tops.  Thanks to this enthusiastic group of students along with their teachers and some parents for helping to protect our precious marine life!

Four students participated in Melb Uni's Day of Good by volunteering with BeachPatrol!  They spent 1.5 hours on New Beach in Port Melbourne picking up litter and auditing/counting as they did.  A total of 1470 pieces were removed, leaving our beach cleaner and safer for our seabirds and marine life.  Thank you to Natalie, Fiona, Ida & Martha for their time and efforts. 

Thanks to Paul, Mentone group leader, for giving a talk at Mentone Primary School's year 5 students.  The students learned about BeachPatrol and what we do as well as the importance of helping to keep our streets and waterways free of litter for our wildlife and future generations.  The students showed lots of interest and asked lots of questions.  

Today, a second group of 38 Year 8 students plus staff ventured from St Kilda Skate Park down to St Kilda Pier and back. The beaches had recently been cleaned by City of Port Phillip,  yet these volunteers still collected 25 kg of rubbish, including 152 cigarette butts. 

Everyone was happy and our beautiful Bay creatures will be safer now.

What a pleasure to work with this group of Year 8 students from Melbourne Grammar today!

It was sunny and warm, so a good opportunity to spot and collect lots of small plastic fragments on St Kilda Beach between the pier and Cowderoy Street Creek. This group did a fantastic job.

Overall, students and other volunteers collected 26 kg including a computer monitor. Great to get all this harmful rubbish out of the environment, the home of our Little Penguins and other creatures. 

Thanks for the extra support: Graham from BeachPatrol 3182 St Kilda and Rob and Joan from Love Our Street 3183 Balaclava (who picked up 5 kg extra of rubbish walking from there today).