SEA CHANGE TOGETHER

Northern Beaches Clean Up Crew acknowledges the Traditional Custodians upon whose ancestral lands we live and work. We pay respect to their Elders, past, present, and emerging, and acknowledge the continuing connection that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to the land, sea, sky, and waterways.
— Shaun the Shark

OUR CREW

Our Clean Up Crew is a non-profit charity run entirely by volunteers. We meet the last Sunday of every month at 10 a.m. to clean up a local beach or lagoon on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. All welcome. We are a friendly bunch. Do a good deed for the planet and make some new friends at the same time.

OUR MATES

One of the special parts about our crew is our Ocean Mates. These loveable animals support our crew by providing advice and encouragement. Each with their own personality and story about why they support us. If you want to learn more about which character you align with the most click the learn more button.

YOUR HELP

There are so many ways to help our mission. If you can’t come to a clean-up, check out how you can recycle bottles, promote our organisation, donate or grow awareness of the environmental impacts of balloons on our precious native wildlife. If this has piqued your curiosity click the learn more button.

OUR STORY

The Crew was founded by Malin in 2014 when she came back from Antarctica where she was part of the Sea Shepherd crew saving whales from illegal poaching. Malin now runs the crew together with Bleddyn and Kobie.

Malin is the one doing presentations, talks, social media, and emails. She is the one you’re most likely to talk rubbish with. Malin also loves to talk about sharks and has a one-eyed rescue frog called Princess.

Bleddyn is the one who carries the heavy bags on clean ups, organises new gloves and t-shirts, makes sure that everything is in order, and applies for grants.

Kobie is the one that drives the ute and the trailer, washes the gloves, and together with Bleddyn, they are great at packing the trailer with all things needed for the clean up events. Kobie loves to talk about snakes.