Clean Up Australia Day – tackling the unnatural disaster
Congratulations to Ian Kiernan on the 20th ‘Clean Up Australia Day’, with 7,084 sites registered in 2010. Congratulations also to Carmel Wallace for her stunning works (exhibited at 101 Collins Street, Melbourne) made from litter collected from the beach at Discovery Bay.
During the 2008-09 year, the Victorian EPA issued 19,465 litter infringement [...]
Blue-ringed Octopus – seashell surprise
January 8, 2010 by Nino
Filed under Education, Featured, Wild Things
Investigating our amazing coastal plants and animals is a cool way to spend summer. But bear in mind you’re entering their home… so mind your manners! Stay safe, be careful where you tread, and leave the environment in as good a condition as you found it.
Don’t put you fingers and toes anywhere you [...]
Find a shore thing on a beach near you
December 20, 2009 by Nino
Filed under Action, Education, Special Places
Most Australians remember fun days at the beach: beating the heat, building sand castles, catching frizbees and waves, and listening to the ocean in a seashell.
Perhaps that’s why it’s called the Lucky Country!
Thanks Douglas for sending the photo above. Anyone who takes a closer look on their favourite beach might find one of these and [...]
