Clean Up Australia Day at Harbour Beach, Mackay

Clean beaches, happy wildlife, and family fun — come to Harbour Beach for Clean Up Australia Day and make a difference!

Recent wet weather and Cyclone Koji have washed large amounts of rubbish onto Harbour Beach, impacting this beautiful coastline and threatening important turtle nesting habitat.

Plastics, fishing line, and other debris can be especially harmful to nesting turtles and hatchlings, making post-storm clean-ups more important than ever.

Clean Up Australia Day is a great opportunity to come together as a community and make a real difference. It’s a family-friendly event, perfect for kids and adults alike, and a wonderful way to teach younger generations about caring for the environment while enjoying time outdoors. Whether you can spare 30 minutes or a few hours, every piece of litter collected helps protect wildlife and keep our beach healthy.

Bring the family, invite some friends, and enjoy a meaningful day by the sea while helping to restore Harbour Beach after recent weather events. Together, we can protect this special place for turtles, wildlife, and future generations.

For our budding citizen scientists, we’ll also be running our regular Tangaroa Blue ReefClean monitoring on the day. This is a great chance to learn how marine debris surveys are carried out, including transect monitoring techniques, and to take a closer look at the issue of microplastics along our coastline.

If you’ve ever been curious about how beach monitoring works or want to deepen your understanding of marine debris, come along and join us at Harbour Beach — everyone is welcome!