Tuesday, September 21, 2010

25th International Coastal Clean Up Day

After some typical topsy-turvy spring weather during the week, we were greeted with an ideal calm, warm day on Saturday. Well done to the weather for also coming to the party. The only problem is the waves were cooking! Only, a small sacrifice for some good karma, I guess.

We were joined by 20 kids from Masiphumelele who were more stoked to be at the beach than any frothing grom could ever be. Assisting them were 13 gap-yearers from the UK out with Ticket-to-ride. Locals also chipped in, as did the visiting Boland surf team who were busy getting some practice in before the up-coming SA champs – let hope their good deeds convert into good results.

The team starting walking towards Klein Slangkop and reached this area after collecting around 50kgs of trash. After a quick splash in the waves, we returned back to Long Beach, for a hard earned sandwich. The kids were also rewarded for their efforts with stickers from Ocean Minded and copy of National Geographic Kids.

All in all it was a great morning and apart from the good work done, the stoke of being at the beach was really cool to see. I can see a generation coming through which will ensure that their beach and ocean is preserved.



Special thanks to all involved – but especially John Keiser of Plasfed, Tim from Ocean Minded, Tim, Dan, Chirs and Pat from Ticket-to-ride, and Lisa from ERM.

(Text Credit: Anton Louw)