Surfrider Sydney Northern Beaches

The weather was exceptionally foul for our International Surfing Day beach clean up at Fishermans in Collaroy. But the Surfrider Northern beaches chapter crew were not put off. With gale force winds driving drenching showers straight onshore, we combed the length of the sand from Fishermans all the way around to Collaroy Basin.

The good news is that there really wasn’t a tremendous amount of rubbish to be found. Despite stormwater outfalls emptying at three or four places along the beach, the amount of litter was surprisingly small. Conditions were so appalling that we didn’t dare tip out the total collection for assessment before disposal, but I can say for myself that the most common item I found was polystyrene chunks and small shards of plastic from cups, bottles and the like. I found about three balls, one plastic toy and happily not too many cigarette butts.

Because the weather had drenched us all to the bone, we opted not to set up the bbq, but to instead repair to Kevin’s for a sort of virtual barbecue.