ReefClean is a project funded by the Australian Government's Reef Trust. Launched in early 2019, the project aims to remove and prevent marine debris along the Great Barrier Reef region through to 2023. In order to do this, Tangaroa Blue Foundation has partnered with several organisations to achieve success: Conservation Volunteers Australia, Reef Check Australia, Capricornia Catchments, Eco Barge Clean Seas, OceanWatch Australia,
South Cape York Catchments, AUSMAP and Think Spatial.
The ReefClean project will deliver the following services:
Here are some upcoming dates by region. Keep an eye on our events calendar for complete listings.
| Mar-01 | Burdekin | Alva Beach |
| Mar-01 | Burnett Mary | Burnett Mary - Agnes Water |
| Mar-01 | Fitzroy | Yeppoon - Ross Creek |
| Mar-04 | Mackay Whitsundays | Mackay - Harbour Beach |
| Mar-04 | Wet Tropics | Port Douglas - Four Mile Beach South |
Tangaroa Blue Foundation in conjunction with AusWaste led a team of 16 volunteers and boat crew to complete the Far North Queensland Island Hop Clean-up from 16th – 22nd December 2019 visiting 10 sites between Cooktown and Lizard Island. Read more “Far North QLD Island Hop Clean-up 2019”
This October, ReefClean launched the Great Barrier Reef Clean-up, where communities came together in a concerted effort to improve the health of the Great Barrier Reef and its surrounding waterways. This will be an annual ReefClean event which we hope will continue to grow each year. Read more “Success at the Great Barrier Reef Clean-up”
At the end of October, the Tangaroa Blue team headed about as far north as you can get in Australia for a clean-up in the Torres Strait. Read more “Cleaning-up Northern Islands”
One of the largest ever people‐powered clean‐ups of the Great Barrier Reef began last week, with young and old uniting to make a difference.
The Great Barrier Reef Clean‐up is part of the 5‐year ReefClean project, which focuses on both the removal and prevention of marine debris impacting our iconic reef. Over the weekend of October 5th & 6th, volunteers joined one of the five Great Barrier Reef Clean‐up launch events that took place across the Wet Tropics, Burdekin, Mackay Whitsundays, Fitzroy and Burnett Mary NRM Regions, with an additional event happening later in October on Badu Island in the Torres Strait. Read more “Harnessing the Power of the People for the Great Barrier Reef”
28th of July, 2019 – Cape Kimberley Beach near the Daintree River is one of Tangaroa Blue Foundation’s quarterly monitoring sites, on which data is collected and recorded every three months. Read more “Cape Kimberley Beach Clean-up Quarterly Monitoring Site”
