Celebrating Clean-Up Australia Day Early: Strawkle + Reef Launch

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Celebrate the Clean Up Australia Day weekend with a STRAWkle or AUSMAP microplastic survey, followed by the launch of ocean photography exhibition Reef - Captured Moments of Hope and Resilience!

The STRAWkle + microplastic survey kicks off at 9am at Manly Cove. Then at 3pm, Operation Straw founders Harriet Spark and Richard Woodgett are launching their solo photography exhibition celebrating the Great Barrier Reef at Sydney Road Gallery. 10% of the show proceeds will be donated to Australian Youth Climate Coalition who are doing incredible work to combat climate change.

We hope to see you at either or both events to celebrate our oceans this Clean-Up Australia Day!

Our friends at AUSMAP are doing some incredible research into the extent of microplastic pollution along our coastlines. Plastic doesn't decompose, it just gets smaller. Our oceans are now full of teeny, tiny pieces of plastic smaller than 5mm. These particle…