wbeach_clean_up_team_030212.jpg : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Haast volunteers Robin Manera, Marietta Gibb and Robyn Hoglund, with some of the fadges of rubbish they collected between Sandrock Bluff and Barn Bay, South Westland. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Marietta Gibb, Robyn Hoglund and Robin Manera fill a fadge with rubbish between Barn Bay and Sandrock Bluff. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Beach clean up organisers with some of the stuff collected from the beaches from left Julian Tovey (Department of Conservation), holding a float, Peter Spencer-Bower (pilot) holding a rugby ball, Lisa Mills (Doc) with ropes and Goeff Robson (pilot). : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Greenstone Helicopters on South Westland beach between Gorge River and Barn Bay. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
DOC manager Julian Tovey prepares fadges to be lifted from the beach by pilot Geoff Robson of Greenstone Helicopters. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Greenstone Helicopters aircraft carries fadges of rubbish. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Greenstone Helicopters aircraft carries fadges of rubbish. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Greenstone Helicopters aircraft carries fadges of rubbish. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Briefing: Julian Tovey, Grant McKinnon, Marietta Gibb, Robyn Hoglund, Lisa Mills, Robin Manera. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Pilots Peter Spencer-Bower and Geoff Robson discuss routes with Julian Tovey. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Plastic rubbish inside a fadge includes bright orange fishing floats. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Plastic rubbish. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Pilot Peter Spencer-Bower, and Doc workers Julian Tovey and Lisa Mills at Gorge River. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
A volunteer's carry bag. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Stolen from Talleys. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
A washed-up aluminium dinghy. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Wanaka pilot Peter Spencer-Bower prepares a net to lift the dinghy by helicopter. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Grant McKinnon of Fiordland Coast Walks picks up a washed up float from a South Westland beach near Awarua Point. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Grant McKinnon of Fiordland Coast Walks picks up a washed up float from a South Westland beach near Awarua Point. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Pilots Geoff Robson and Peter Spencer-Bower prepare the dinghy for lifting. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
More beach rubbish. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Pilot Geoff Robson gathers rock ballast for his helicopter load. : Photos: South Westland beach cleanup
Otago Daily Times reporter Marjorie Cook travels South Westland with a team cleaning plastic debris from remote beaches.
Read the story: Cleaning up the back of beyond
Photos by Marjorie Cook; prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.
