Wellington South Coast Clean-up shared Wellington Underwater Club's post.Once again Nicole, from Wellington Underwater Club, has produced an awesome short video including footage captured by the roving camerawoman Belen. It's so great to have this record of the day and the people. You have a real eye for creating a story. Wellington Underwater ClubAnd here it is... the Wellington South Coast Clean-up 2016 video! This year we visited most of the groups during the clean-up. Friends of Taputeranga Marine Res, Victoria University Coastal Ecology Lab (VUCEL), Island Bay Marine Education Centre, NIWA New Zealand, Lyall Bay Coast Care and many more groups and volunteers! Thanks to Helen Kettles for organising and all the volunteer for their ongoing commitment! Video by Nicole Miller and Belen Sdg - Diggin the world - with Rob Edward, Rob Wilson, Jennifer Howe, Ann McCrone, Katrin Mager, Kareen Schnabel, James Grigg, #volunteers, Ghost Fishing |Wellington South Coast Clean-upHere is the organising team taken after our 9am briefing on Saturday.

Looking ready to roll! Hope everyone had a relaxing, feet up kinda, day today. Thanks Frontline Photography for this truly fun image.Wellington South Coast Clean-upWe want to take the time to thank Island Bay Butchery and PAK'nSAVE Kilbirnie for donating the BBQ food for the 7th year in a row. Also the special effort of Volunteer Fitness for bringing the gear and doing the cooking under challenging conditions! Wellington South Coast Clean-up shared Frontline Photography's album.Thanks Rob for yet again volunteering to record our event. It may have been a tad wet...but look at all that rubbish...and all those smiles!Frontline Photography added 19 new photos to the album: South Coast Clean up 2016 — with Victoria University Coastal Ecology Lab (VUCEL) and 2 others at South Coast.Helen Kettles - SC clean up 2016. Braving some fairly heavy rain the team gathered a fair amount of rubbish - top work.Wellington South Coast Clean-upIt was abit damp but 160 people turned up to spring clean our lovely south coast.

Such is the strength of community! Lots of rubbish removed, celebration sausage had, friendships renewed and made. electrolux nimble bagless cyclonic upright vacuum cleaner reviewsMore details later after cups of tea and regrouping - photos, info on the people that came and what we found!! vacuum cleaner electrolux kaskus👍☺Wellington South Coast Clean-upOver the last 6 years we have found an abundance of weird things on our south coast, including an office chair, TV's, parts of an old vacuum cleaner, old tramping boots, and even a rusty old car! Wsteam vacuum cleaner sv 1902 pricehat will we find this year I wonder? Take photos of your crazy finds on the day and you may win a prize!W

ellington South Coast Clean-upWell the weather is hardly a window but scouts, Volunteer Fitness, Vic Uni students and others are out at Lyall Bay already! The BBQ is being set up under cover as we speak. Where there is a will there is a way! That's community for you.Wellington South Coast Clean-upI think they call this a weather window!Wellington South Coast Clean-upWell - good morning everyone! Ie are looking forward to it. We've decided this, after monitoring the hourly forecasts and rain radars over the last days and looking at what's in store. The wind is set to drop with none or light rain for the main part of the day. So actually not too bad! The volunteers have put alot of time into arranging this already. And - we think if the Paralympians can inspire us with what they do we should be able to do this. We've done it in this weather before and its stll been alot of fun! We encourage you to come and show your love for our coast, even in one of its less sunny moods, on this International Coastal Cleanup Day! W

rap up for the weather...please remember to bring your own gloves, e.g. garden ones, so we can cut down on our waste. We look forward to catching up. Together we're gonna give our south coast it's spring clean. Wellington South Coast Clean-upRemember to check here in the morning to see if it's on. Maybe that wind will blow all the rain away. ☺Wellington South Coast Clean-upAt this stage we are staying optimistic we'll have a weather window tomorrow. We are watching the weather like hawks. Past experience has shown that it takes alot to put us all off! We can still get the job done and have fun with showers and wind...so we shall see...watch this space. Signed the Clean-up Team.Wellington South Coast Clean-up"Kit Night" tonight - tick. Nine of the team got together to talk through the day and get all the gear ready: bags, gloves, 1st aid kits, data sheets, signs, fluro vests, chalk for artists.......all 12 sites ready. Tellington South Coast Clean-upThree residents groups (Moa Point, Owhiro and Breaker Bays) have been long time hosts for the event. T

his event wouldn't happen without the variety of host groups but also importantly without all of you that turn up on the day. We acknowledge that alot of you pick up rubbish during the year as you walk the beaches. This event is a spring clean we can do together and to also a chance to celebrate the collective effort that happens during the year. Here is a photo of most of the organising team from 2014.Wellington South Coast Clean-up added 2 new photos.Places for Penguins, Forest & Bird, have hosted the Tarakena Bay site for all 7 years. Penguins are a special feature of the south coast. Just another thing that makes Wellington the Coolest Little Captial that is it! If you help at this site you'll get to find out more about these charasmatic birds. h.nz/places-for-penguins The kids from the Kiwi Conservation Club have also joined forces with them some years. What fun they have learning about, and experiencing, NZ nature. h.nz/Wellington South Coast Clean-upAll across NZ from today until Sunday, volunteers will be helping with projects to keep New Zealand Beautiful! L

ast year 86,000 kiwis helped in a variety of ways: cleaning roads and highways, installing recycling bins, and cleaning up graffiti. C.nz/ Join us to clean up our coastal hood!Wellington South Coast Clean-upWellington Underwater Club (WUC) is a dive club formed 65 years ago! They are a group of skilled and enthuasistic people who organise dives, training plus clean-ups and conservation projects. They say that Wellington has some of the best shore diving in the world! They have hosted the Breaker Bay clean-up site for two years and western Lyall Bay for the last four. T.nz/Wellington South Coast Clean-upLyall Bay Coast Care have being doing monthly beach clean-ups for almost 10 years! They meet for an hour on the first Sunday of the month and finish with coffees. "Like" their active Facebook page and keep up to date with goings-on in the bay. This will be the 7th year they have taken part in this wider coast event. Other coast care groups that have been involved in the event are those at Island Bay and Te Raekaihau Point. h

/groups/5828147117/Wellington South Coast Clean-upNIWA (the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) have been hosting the clean up at the Lyall Bay East section for the last 5 years. During this time they have done a side project of collecting and counting cigarette butts found at their particular site. There are 100's of them every year! Cigarette butts are full of toxic chemicals, and they take years to break down. Imagine what this is doing to our local sealife! We'll be counting cigarette butts at lots of places along the coast this year to boost the discussion. C/161409517 to get a glimpse into what NIWA actually do.|Wellington South Coast Clean-upVictoria University's Coastal Ecology Lab has hosted the piece of coast between Island Bay and Owhiro Bay for the last 5 years. Take a look at their page on the University website for more information about them. They even have a live webcam of the coast - its really something in weather like this! While we at it we'd like to also thank The Bach next door for their surprise coffee runs for volunteers! h