On November 20th, 2020 Victorian Marine & Coastal Awards 2020 - Celebrating marine and coastal excellence were announced over a zoom webinar. The 2020 Awards highlight the importance of the community and partnerships in making sure the many values of Victoria’s coastal and marine areas are safeguarded for the future. The awards were announced by Hon. Lily D'Ambrosio, Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change.

Beach Patrol 3280-3284 won the 'Inspiring community engagement and education' award. Beach Patrol 3280-3284/Colleen Hughson was nominated for the award by DELWP Natural Environment Programs Officer, Mandy Watson (Barwon south west Victoria). The nomination was for the community leadership during the 2017 Nurdle spill and the ongoing work of Beach Patrol is removing plastic off our local beaches and educating the community about marine debris.

Seaford Beachpatrol won a grant fromm the local council community grants program.  The grant funding has enabled volunteeers to continue cleaning up plastic litter from the beaches safely and to raise awareness of the impact of consumption, excedss packaging  and plastic that plagues our coastline and local environment.

We were interviewed about our Tide line survey of plastic rubbish that was washing out of the Bay.  We were concluding 5 years of survey to show the state of plastic pollution  over 28 categories in the Port Philip Bay. Thanks to Ping Publicity for arranging this

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Friends of Bayside Roads, Hampton Beachpatrol and Love Our street 3188 are just some of the volunteer groupsworking hard along side councisl efforts to keep Bayside beautiful.

Taking part in a local litter clean-up event is not only beneficial for your community and the environment , but its great for you well-being.  Susie Parker runs the comminity group LOS 3204 and organises a monthly clean up in Bentleigh, Mc Kinnon or Ormond.  "It's a feel good thing" she said.

Congratulations to 3198 Seaford Beach Patrol, who received a $1,000 Environmental Sustainability Grant through Council’s Community and Business Support Grant Program.

What better way to show Mother Nature that you can than spending an hour doing something for her  on Valentine's Day.

Three years to the day since its inception, Beach Patrol 3280 took out the Inspiring Community Engagement and Education honour in the Victorian Marine and Coastal Awards. Link

Short Intrview on the situation of Mask littered in the environment.

Beach Patrol president Ross Headifen, who with wife Ramona has personally collected 130 masks in the Port Melbourne area since mid-September, said the environmental group’s volunteers reported dumped face masks was a growing issue.
They were typically discarded on the roadside or median strips, with many washing into stormwater and finding their way into the Yarra River and Port Phillip Bay. “We pick up masks every time we go out,’’ Mr Headifen said. “I would say it’s mostly people dropping them, them blowing out of the car or dropping them on the ground. “It’s just very disappointing. “You would think people would pay more attention.”The harm to wildlife, such as fish and birds which could be entangled in ear loops, could be enormous. “Because  hey have two loops on them it makes them quite dangerous,’’ Mr Headifen said. “It’s just sad people are that careless.”