2019 Pauahatanui Inlet Cleanup

Every year the Guardians of the Inlet organise a cleanup of the Pauahatanui Inlet.  This year we have a fantastic turn out of scouts to help out with cleaning up our environment.  We found all sorts of wonderful rubbish that pollutes our waterways, from tyres found and labouriously rolled back by Alfie and Gabi, to old drain pipes found by Ruby and Ciara. Lots of bits of plastic and old bottles and glass were retrieved and sent off to the landfill where they can be better dealt with.

We split into two groups, so that with the incoming tide, the younger Scouts and Cubs were kept in Ivy Bay to clean the surrounds, while the older scouts trekked to the end of Golden Point to clean up from there all the way back to Ivy Bay.  Both sets of Scouts (and Cubs) worked really well and between us we filled 6 bags of rubbish and a tyre!

The younger Scouts looking through the high tide rubbish for plastics and other bits of rubbish

Will, Hamish, Harry, Alfie and Rosie completing the last bit of the Golden Point to Ivy Bay beach

Gathering the rubbish bags (and tyre) to return to Browns Bay.

As a resident of the area that directly benefits from these efforts, I applaud and thank the scouts for their efforts and look forward to doing it with you again.

More pictures here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/yAFK4DJRTt5gfPrY7