Events - March 2006

Clean Up Australia Day Dives - Sun 5th

Clean Up Australia Day Beach Clean Up - Sun 5th

Corporate Bush Regeneration & Tree Planting - Fri 10th

The Marine Values of Sydney Harbour - Thurs 16th

Bush Regeneration - Reef Beach - Sun 19th

Clean Up Australia Day Dives - Sun 5th

Come get involved in a nation wide event unlike anything you have ever experienced! Explore and discover the beauties of Sydney Harbour and its wonders deep below the surface. Join HarbourKeepers and our many friends while we take part in helping clean up Australia!!

There are many things you can get involved in that day, from dives to bush regeneration. Bring your friends and lets get down and dirty to help bring back Sydney Harbour and its surrounds to it original natural beauty.

For those of you interested in seeing what the depths below hold, you may be interested in joining up with one of the many dives groups partaking in Clean Up Australia Day.

Below are dive operators that will be going out to do HarbourKeepers dives as part of Clean Up Australia Day. If you are keen to get involved register as a HarbourKeeper to receive monthly event updates and activity registration details.

Dive Activities:
Plunge Dive will be running a dive clean up near West Head. Start your day with Plunge Dive while having the best coffee in Sydney, the head out for a great afternoon of diving!

After fun filled day of diving and having filledup your sacks with all kinds of rubbish, they will fire up the barbieand celebrate a job well done

Plunge Dive is happy to subsidise the cost of hiring equipment for this dive!

Plunge Dive is happy to subsidise the cost of hiring equipment for this dive - So please contact them from price listings!

Bookings for our Clean-Up Day are essential so they will need to know how many to cater for and what equipment to provide. So contact them as soon as possible if you are interested in joining their clean up team or check out the Plunge Diving website for more details at.

Scuba Warehouse will be running a dive clean up near South Head and Underwater Research Group (URG) will be conducting a clean up dive near The Spit.

Underwater Research Group (URG) will be conducting a clean up dive @ Balmoral.

The dive will be in the morning and people will be diving from the shore and the URG boat.

Although this divehas already filled up, URG dives are some of themost popular HarbourKeepers activities, so keep your eyes out for future URG dives and book early to make sure you get a place!

Clean Up Australia Day Beach Clean Up - Sun 5th

Once again HarbourKeepers are working with Fairlight Community Precint from Manly to clean up Fairlight beach and surrounds. To take part in this event simply turn up between 8am and 11am and register at the table. Be sure to let them know that you are a HarbourKeeper! Make sure you bring plenty of suncream, a hat, gloves and closed toe shoes.

Corporate Bush Regeneration & Tree Planting - Fri 10th

In the first HarbourKeepers Corporate Day of 2006, a group of approximately 15 workers from Plum Financial Services located in the Sydney CBD, will be getting their hands dirty, as they join Rudi and Co. from Woollahra Council. Activities on the day will involve tree planting and bushland regeneration at one of Sydney's most beautiful locations - Gap Park at Watsons Bay.

This is a closed event - however if you'd like to be involved in something similar, why not try out our regular Bush Regeneration days at Manly, or contact us to organise your own corporate day!

These corporate days are an excellent team building exercise for corporate groups, encouraging the participants to give something back to the community whilst enjoying a fun, social inspirational day in an amazing location. The experienced crew from Woollahra Council provides all tools, equipment and training on the day.

Sound like something your Corporate Group would enjoy?? Please contact us and we will help you organise something similar! Many local Councils around the Sydney Harbour Foreshore are looking for volunteers in similar activities. These days receive rave reviews from all participants, with people loving the sense of fulfilment and satisfaction gained from the event.

The Marine Values of Sydney Harbour - Thurs 16th

Marine Values of Sydney Harbour and nearby coast. Michael McFadyen (NPWS) will give an on-screen presentation of the underwater natural and historic environment in the Sydney marine area. Wrecks are not only historical but form important reefs for marine life. You will be surprised at what is under our waters!!

This will be an informative, interesting social evening starting at 7.30pm at 165 Blues Point Rd, North Sydney, a five minute walk from North Sydney Station.

Supper is provided, so come along and join an evening of excellent visuals, with like-minded amazing people! Anyone is welcome - you don't have to be an NPA member, or a registered HarbourKeeper to attend this event.

Bush Regeneration - Reef Beach, Balgowlah Heights
Sun 19th

These monthly bush regeneration activities are a great chance to socialise with your fellow HarbourKeepers, help look after Sydney Harbour and take in the scenic views! Newcomers will learn new skills while regenerating the natural bushland around Reef Beach.

Bush regeneration at this site is conducted in conjunction with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). NPWS provide training for beginners so that everyone could get involved no matter what their level of experience.

To get involved in Reef Beach bush regeneration register as a HarbourKeeper. Once registered you will receive regular email newsletters about upcoming events, however if there is an event you are interested in attending before you receive a newsletter contact Dave: daver@marine.org.au.

Please click here to register!

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