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25.01.2022 Atlantic Ambition arrived into Antigua after rowing for 39 days across the Atlantic raising funds for Surfrider Foundation Australia. What can be said - amazing adventure by amazing people. You are true Legends and beautiful people..........thank you for you inspiring leadership.

25.01.2022 While most of us are in hibernation mode, you might be wondering what you can do to be part of our mission to protect our oceans, waves and beaches. Jump online... and join us by becoming a member. Memberships start from only $25.00 per year and you get the greatest sense of community by being involved in our incredible programs. https://www.surfrider.org.au/membership

14.01.2022 Sea Turtles might actually confuse the smell of plastic with food, according to a recent study. By making the switch from single-use plastic and choosing to re...-use, we're consciously taking steps to stop excessive plastics from streaming into our waterways and harming turtles and other marine life. Find out how you can be part of the solution here https://bit.ly/33gO3ML

14.01.2022 The Surfrider family are there - what about you? Let’s all get together

13.01.2022 Here is the question that should be asked after we have lost thousands of homes, ruined the hopes and livelihoods of thousands of people, put thousands of peopl...e at risk, lost countless animals and their habitats, lost human lives, caused grief, affected people all over the world, witnessed the mismanagement and ‘lack of care’ of our governments, and the story never ends - why are we not engaging and using our Indigenous People to head our Fire Management Programs? Please do not misunderstand - we very much appreciate the courage, efforts, expertise and time our magnificent and valiant firefighters / volunteers / community are undertaking. We all commend you and appreciate your hard and exhausting work but I have personally witnessed the incredible preventative or creative works that our Indigenous People undertake to manage their Land.........it is amazing and it works. I’ll just insert some words from the Aboriginal culture: ‘Meaning of fire Fire is an important symbol in Aboriginal culture. Traditionally it was used as a practical tool in hunting, cooking, warmth and managing the landscape. It also holds great spiritual meaning, with many stories, memories and dance being passed down around the fire’; ‘ Cultural Burning is a contemporary term used to define this traditional practice. Cultural Burning practices were developed by Aboriginal people to enhance the health of the land and its people. It includes burning (or prevention of burning) for the health of particular plants and animals’; ‘Indigenous fire management involves the lighting of 'cool' fires in targeted areas during the early dry season. The fires burn slowly, reducing fuel loads and creating fire breaks’; ‘The first fire burns a circle around Aboriginal people's living area so they are safe. Early dry-season, cool fires trickle through the landscape and burn only some of the fuel, creating a network, or mosaic, of burnt firebreaks. These stop the late dry-season, hot fires’; and ‘Cool burning reduces the amount of damage done by hot fires to ecosystems by promoting new plant growth and clearing natural waste materials’. It makes sense to me - our Aboriginal People are fire management geniuses. Thank you to everyone for these great pictures and words - if I haven’t thanked or credited you individually or personally .......... it is not out of disrespect. We are all in this together and I / We are all on your mission/ drive for what we are experiencing, to NEVER happen again.

11.01.2022 Lets all help a great organisation help you and your community. Thanks

10.01.2022 It’s coming NSW!

06.01.2022 Join us in the 30th year celebration of Clean Up Australia ........ Surfrider always supports ethical and like minded organisations. Our longstanding relationship oozes respect

04.01.2022 "If governments work together to address the threats facing Earth's marine ecosystems, they could recover in just 30 years."

02.01.2022 Surfrider Australia has teamed up with the Schmidt Ocean Institute to relay much needed information to the people of the World regarding their research and disc...overies Microplastics: Surface to Sediment Cairns, Australia July As plastics are broken down in the ocean particles form, and their physical properties change (e.g., density, size, shape), they become ingrained in marine snow and sink through the water column. As they sink their density discontinuity slows, stopping the sinking process and allowing an aggregation of microplastic particles to form. Over time, snow particles containing microplastics continue to sink and end up in the sediments, producing a historical record as a function of depth. Dr. Scott Gallager (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) and his team will meet R/V Falkor in Australia to better understand the fate of microplastics from surface to sediments in areas of accretion and dispersal. The science team will study and quantify the abundance and polymer type of microplastics in the deep sea using new technology developed to detect and quantify microplastics. Using a suite of tools and technology including Falkor’s High Performance Computing and numerical modeling, airborne imaging, Lagrangian surface floats, robotic surface samplers, midwater samplers and robotic systems, genomic sequencing, benthic samplers and ROV SuBastian, the scientists will provide a complete end-to-end description and characterization of where the missing plastics may be located. Surfrider Australia shall keep you all informed via: Website: www.surfrider.org.au Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SurfriderAus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/surfrideraus Twitter: https://twitter.com/surfrideraus

01.01.2022 Feel like helping the ocean whilst hanging at home? Well this is BIG! The NSW Government has released it's Plastic Plan and is asking for feedback via a sh...ort 5 minute online survey. Please complete and SHARE! Since 2007 Surfrider Foundation Australia has been running our Rise Above Plastic campaign in an effort to raise awareness around the crisis of plastic pollution in our oceans. We have conducted a bizzillion beach cleans, spoken in schools, worked with and initiated numerous community groups, staged upteen film nights, collaborated with ocean & enviro groups and scientists, attended Senate Inquiries, worked with Councils, met with numerous State and Federal MPs to discuss the need for policies... Well this is it. The NSW Government has drafted a Plastics Plan and it's pretty good. We need your support Surfriders to get it over the line. The solutions for plastic waste can be complex, but the most important elements involve legislating a phase out of unnecessary single use plastics and creating a circular economy for all packaging. Turning off the plastic tap and creating markets for waste to avoid landfill. You do not have to answer all the questions. There are some ideas for extended answers in our comments section below. Our oceans, waves and beaches thank you. #RiseAbovePlastic #noexcuseforsingleuse #avoidrefusereuserecycle #cleanseas #healthyoceans Ocean Friendly Avalon Boomerang Bags Boomerang Bags Manly https://yoursay.dpie.nsw.gov.au/plastics-plan