Beach clean-up at Omaha

Surfing and snorkelling tourism company Saltwalter Eco will hold its annual Omaha Community Beach Clean on November 24 at 2pm.

The event is aimed at encouraging people to ‘give a bit of positive energy and action back to their local environments’.

This is the fifth year it has been held. Co-owner Lydia Green says that with more than 50 years of plastic use, every beach has been contaminated.

“We take the opportunity during the clean-up to raise awareness about the issues facing the ocean with regards to littering and the impacts of plastic waste and micro-plastics in particular,” she says.

The event finishes with a prize draw. Volunteers are asked to enrol at the marquee in the reserve, beside the Omaha Beach Surf Club, at least 10 minutes prior to the start.