2026 Clean Up Flotilla
Begins after Easter
Cruising & Cleaning in Company
In 2026, Ocean Crusaders will launch our most ambitious cleanup initiative yet – the Flotilla 2026. Beginning in Gladstone at Easter, a fleet of volunteer and support vessels will journey the entire length of the Great Barrier Reef, removing marine debris from remote islands, inshore reefs, and key waterways along the way.
Building on years of experience through our Island Guardians and targeted cleanup campaigns, the Flotilla will unite cruisers, community groups, and partners in a coordinated effort to restore and protect one of the world’s greatest natural wonders.
Schedule
- Begins in Gladstone post Easter
- Full schedule TBA
Daily plan
- Clean Beaches with a focus on Southern facing shores morning and early aftenoon
- Sundowners on beach in late afternoon
Details
An informal flotilla of likeminded people who care for their cruising grounds. No set schedule, no set timing.
We will have our landing barge running in support so if we can’t anchor on southern shores, we will run you around in barge.
We supply the bags and our barge will take the debris away.
Check out our 2025 Pelli Bags Clean Up on Thomas & Shaw Islands.
A treasure hunt
What will we find
Join us in 2026
Plans are already being made for a much bigger event in 2026. Departing Gladstone after Easter, we will cruise in company all the way up to the tip of Australia, cleaning as we go.
Stay up to date by following our socials or this page for more details as they come to hand. The schedule will be put out by Christmas, all going well.
Interested in joining us?
Drop us an email if you are cruising this year and keen to join us.