Parley: Marine Debris Adventure Cape Bedford
Cape Bedford, Cape York, Qld

Cape Bedford Marine debris clean up project in partnership with Tangaroa Blue and Hopevale Congress Rangers - a unique opportunity to have a taste of all the joys of Cape York- fantastic landscapes, rich indigenous history, unique flora and fauna and a touch of wilderness.  This project involves cleaning up the beaches around Cape Bedford and suryeying the types of marine debris so that concerted campiagns that target the origins of jettisoned rubbish can be conducted.

Volunteers will be camping at Elim beach with some facilities (cold showers to cool you down!) in CVA canvas tents and stretcher beds.  Activities will include long walks on beaches and searching through the strand line to remove and record rubbish - working alongside Community Indigenous rangers and community members.

Sunday 16th August

Depart Conservation Volunteers Office, 38 Hayward Street, Mooroobool at 9.30am.  Travelling via Mareeba, through the Tablelands to Cooktown, through Hope Vale and on to Cape Bedford.  Travel time with stops approximately 5.5 hours.

After setting up camp have a chance to meet project partner's Tangaroa Blue, Indigineous Rangers and locals.  Take the time to cover the site induction, safety talk and explanations of the marine collecting, sorting and recording.

Monday 17th - 21st August

Spend the days collecting and sorting marine debris from the beautiful Cedar Bay beaches.  Taking the opportunity on Thursday to finish off priority areas and finish sorting and recording marine debris.  Tangaroa Blue colate the information and work on source reduction plans to help reduce the debris that land on the beaches of Cape York.

Saturday 22nd August

Up and packup camp ready for the trip back to Cairns. Travelling via Hope Vale, Cooktown and Mareeba to return to Conservation Volunteers House around 3pm.  Unpack and clean up the camping equipment used over the week before finshing for the day.