Getting a little cleaner
100 bags of rubbish collected

HEAVY LOAD: Darwin Navy personnel collected four-ute loads of rubbish in Clean Up Australia Day activities.

GREEN GRASS: Joe Kosic and PO Calum Blake help collect rubbish near the Mindil Beach Markets.

BEER TIME: PO Calum Blake takes part in the clean up at Mindil Beach.

By ABPH Helen Frank
Volume 49, No. 4, March 23, 2006

Mindil Beach, in the Northern Territory, is a little cleaner following the participation of Navy personnel in Clean Up Australia Day.

Forty sailors and officers from HMAS Coonawarra, Shoal Bay Receiving Station and FIMA Darwin took part in the event on February 28.

They all donned gloves, and with garbage bags in tow, headed out to Mindil Beach, which is world famous for its sunset markets, now in their 18th year.

Also held at the beach is the annual Darwin Beer Can Regatta.
Some debris from last year’s rafts was found on the beach during the clean up.

Two groups of Navy personnel spent two hours combing the beach and surrounding park areas for rubbish.

A total of 100 garbage bags were filled and four ute-loads of rubbish were disposed of in the skip bins provided by Darwin City.

On completion of the clean up, a barbecue was held at the Arrow Bar onboard Coonawarra.

All Clean Up Australia Day participants were given a chance to cool off with a free soft drink and a steak sandwich supplied by the ship’s fund and cooked by the supply department.

 

 

 

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