ANR Diving Team Nine was on the clean up trial once again, providing diving assistance to cleanup the marine environment at Goolwa, South Australia.

DT9 participated in the annual Cleanup Australia weekend diving in the River Murray, Hindmarsh Island Marina and adjacent areas.

During the cleanup DT9 activities included locating and marking the boundaries of a historical wreck which is submerged near the main wharf area.

This wreck had been causing the local boats some problems.

DT9 also removed various items of rubbish including a dumped safe that had been stolen some months earlier.

From damage to the safe it was evident that it had been blown open and the contents removed before being dumped in the Murray.

The safe was reported and returned to police.

The hospitality of the Chapman family, the owners of the Hindmarsh Island Marina was greatly appreciated.

The Goolwa community was overwhelmed and surprised at the items recovered from the murky depths of the Murray.

Two lost moorings were found, recovered and marked by DT9, much to the delight of the mooring owners.

Some of the information relating to locations of objects was suspect at times.

This did not deter the team from the task.

Much of the diving was conducted in shallow water and nil visibility.

DT9 was well received by the local Goolwa media providing the team with some welcome publicity.

Earlier this year DT9 participated in the Police 2000 Expo, combining with the SA Police Underwater Recovery Unit to produce a professional static/dynamic display attracting a great deal of interest.