For many years Australian towns fought for the right to be Australia’s Tidiest Town. Keep Australia Beautiful for the last two years has awarded the Territories Tidiest Town to Titjikala which is south of Alice Springs and has a community…
Recently I’ve become a lot more active, either on the bike or walking. Probably comes about because I’m due to get married later this year to the awesome Annika. Want to look my best on the day. But it has led…
Walking along the beach on a Sunday afternoon in Darwin, Annika and I found so much rubbish we had to keep finding bins to empty our hands. The beach in front of Sky City Casino is popular with amny people. …
The balloon industry has set “standards” for themselves claiming that releasing balloons that are hand-tied, so-called, “biodegradable” latex balloons without any attachments of ribbon is environmentally friendly. The balloons pictured below were released to their standards. Some are months old, some are years…
In November/December Annika & I had a chance to visit Essington School in Darwin. The opportunity came about when at the Darwin Sailing Club presentation, I got to speak about our campaign to the members before presenting gifts to our volunteers who…
We really love to bring you stories of people making a difference. And here is a small campaign that, should it take off, and let’s hope it does, could make a huge difference to the world as we live today. We…
Earlier this year we were contacted by Geoffrey Bishop from Orange County. He was seeking to use some of the information that we have on our website. After several e-mails back and forward, we agreed that we could do more…
The ocean is our playground. We sail on it, we swim in it, we fish from it and without it we don’t have 60-80% of the world’s oxygen……..So why do we abuse it? The reason we abuse it is because…
Here is a brief update from our partners at the Plastic Pollution Coalition. BAG BANS Bainbridge Island, Washington, US bans plastic bags. Ojai, California, US bans plastic bags and levies a fine on paper bags. Ukiah, California, US bans plastic…