Sydney divers getting down and dirty!!! WELL DONE!

[Carl_Fallon]

G'day Guys,

I thought I would post an article written for the Underwater Clean-up Australia Day we ran at La Perouse, in Sydney. It was a fantastic day with 49 people in total turning up to help out.

Have a read...

“Hopefully we have touched more than​

simply the rubbish we collected” ​

1395 cigarette butts, 336 plastic bottles, 344 glass bottles, 248 aluminum cans, 102 plastic eating utensils, 109 plastic drinking cup lids & more than 1960 other plastic items… and all from within one innocent little bay.

49 people turned up to help in the Beach and Underwater Clean Up​

The first ever Underwater Clean-up Australia Day at Frenchman’s Bay saw ‘The Botany Bay Watch Project’ volunteers cultivating new hope for the future health of Botany Bay.​

The Botany Bay Watch Project (BBWP) is a program designed to actively involve the recreation scuba diving and snorkeling community in the safeguarding of Botany Bay for the future. With the use of clean-up days, underwater fish and invertebrate surveys, and a direct community involvement; they aim to develop an awareness of the health of the bay to the broader community… and this is exactly what they did.​

49 BBWP volunteers gathered on Sunday morning at the foreshore of Frenchman’s Beach in Botany Bay. 19 Scuba Divers and 30 shore volunteers rallied together to clean both above and under the water.​

Ben and Chloe helping bag some rubbish! Well done kids...​

Throughout the day bag after bag was dragged out of the ocean and surrounding bush land; filled with everything from truck batteries, fishing rods, suitcases and even disposable baby’s nappies.​

The aim of the day was not only to collect rubbish from the area, but more importantly increase the awareness of the effects we are having on the health of Botany Bay.​

“When onlookers sore just how much rubbish was being pulled from the ocean, they just stood and shook their heads. Hopefully we have touched more than simply the rubbish we collected.” Carl Fallon said, organizer of the BBWP.​

People came from all over of Sydney to lend a hand. "When the Local residents sore us cleaning up in their backyard they too jumped in and helped out."​

Carl said “What really made the day worth while was when a group of 6 young local girls approached me with several bags of rubbish saying ‘This is for our beautiful country.’ Now that is what it is all about”.​

Overall the BBWP counted more than 4800 individual pieces of rubbish. That is nearly 100 pieces per volunteer.​

Well done to everyone that helped out!​

Check out the figures...​

1394 Cigarette Butts​

190 Golf Balls​

248 Aluminium Cans​

336 Plastic Bottles​

102 Plastic Eating Utensiles & 109 Drinking Cup Lids​

344 Glass Bottles​

IN TOTAL WE COLLECTED AND COUNTED ​

4826 PIECES OF GARBAGE FROM FRENCHMANS BAY!​

Counting the rubbish from the collection.​