Mapoon Beach Clean-up, QLD

Carmen Torraca

Mapoon Beach is approximately 900km north of Cairns (about three-quarters of the way up to Cape York) and is situated on the western side of the Gulf of Carpentaria, just north of Weipa.

This area is full of diverse wildlife and amazing landscapes, giving you a magical experience of the Cape, and a rewarding feeling after rehabilitating this popular sea turtle nesting site through the annual beach clean-up. As a team, we will also sort through what we’ve picked up so we can divert items from landfill and contribute another year of data to the Australian Marine Debris Initiative Database!

We will depart from Cairns at 8 am, traveling to Coen where we will spend our first night on the road. There will be opportunities to pull the cameras out at some side-stops over the two-day drive before reaching our campsite which we will call home for the next five days.

Seats are limited so register early to secure your spot! Volunteers with their own 4WD vehicles are welcome to join our convoy, or can meet us on site, just let us know!
The camping area at Cullen Point, Mapoon will have toilets and cold showers. The mosquitoes and sandflies can be a bit full-on, so please pack suitable clothing to protect you from bites. We will set up the kitchen and prepare our meals together. Tangaroa Blue will provide all relevant equipment and will cater for the five days we’re camping out at Mapoon. All you need to bring is your personal and sleeping gear (tents, blankets, pillows, mattress, etc). Once you’ve registered more information will be provided.

Dates:
Travel Cairns to Mapoon: 13th & 14th July 2019
Clean-up days: 15th to 19th July 2019
Travel Mapoon to Cairns: 20th & 21st July 2019

For more information and to register please contact vanessa@tangaroablue.org

The Mapoon Beach Clean-up is funded by the Australian Government’s Improving Your Local Parks and Environment Grant.

Mapoon Beach Clean-up – Cape York, QLD

Heidi

The only event on the western side of the Cape York Peninsula! The Back Beach of Mapoon is an exposed 14km stretch of beach north of the mining town Weipa where we work together with the Mapoon Land & Sea Rangers.

Due to its location on the Gulf of Carpentaria where most of the lost fishing gear of the Timor Sea gets trapped in the whirling current, this is the beach where we frequently pull giant ghost nets out of the sand and where we have also found more thongs and plastic drink bottles than anywhere else in the country.

For five days we will be collecting and sorting the rubbish from this remote beach. We will stay at a basic bush camping area where we set up our kitchen and prepare our meals together. Kitchen equipment will be provided, but you will need to bring your own sleeping gear (tents, blankets, pillow, mattress, etc).

We will depart from Cairns at 8am and will travel over two days to the event and back. Seats are limited so register early to secure your spot! Volunteers with their own 4WD vehicles are welcome to join our convoy to drive up to this event, or can meet us up there!
For more information and to register please contact vanessa@tangaroablue.org

Dates:
Travel Cairns – Mapoon:13/7/2019 – 14/7/2019
Clean-up: 15/7/2019 – 19/7/2019
Travel Mapoon – Cairns: 20/7/2019 – 21/7/2019
This event is being funded through the Australian Government’s Improving Your Local Parks and Environment Grant.

Mapoon Beach Clean Up – Cape York – QLD

Heidi

The only event on the western side of the Cape York Peninsula! The Back Beach of Mapoon is an exposed 14km stretch of beach north of the mining town Weipa where we work together with the Mapoon Land & Sea Rangers.

Due to its location on the Gulf of Carpentaria where most of the lost fishing gear of the Timor Sea gets trapped in the whirling current this is the beach where we frequently pull giant ghost nets out of the sand and where we have also found more thongs than anywhere else in the country.

For five days we will be collecting and sorting the rubbish from this remote beach. We will stay at a basic bush camping area where we set up our kitchen and prepare our meals together. Kitchen equipment will be provided, but you will need to bring your own sleeping gear.

We will travel from Cairns and Port Douglas over two days to the event and back. Seats are limited so register early to secure your spot!
For more information and to register please contact info@tangaroablue.org .

Dates:

Travel Cairns – Mapoon:14/7/18 – 15/7/18
Clean-up: 16/7/18 – 20/7/18
Travel Mapoon – Cairns: 21/7/18 – 22/7/18

Volunteers with their own 4WD vehicles are welcome to join our convey to drive up to this event, or can meet us up at the site for a part of the clean-up or the whole event.

This event is being funded through the Australian Government’s Improving Your Local Parks and Environment Grant.