Hillarys haul of shame

MORE than four tonnes of rubbish was removed from Hillarys Boat Harbour as part of a major underwater clean-up on Saturday.

Chris Dodd and Kim Sue, of Diving Frontiers Balcatta, headed the event, part of a Project Aware initiative raising awareness of how human lifestyle affects the marine eco-system.

“The event was to make people aware of how much rubbish gets dumped into our waterways,” Mr Dodd said.

Starting at 4am and finishing about 8pm, Mr Dodd said more than 150 volunteers and 60 divers pulled two truckloads of rubbish out of the harbour, a major recreational attraction for locals and tourists.

“There were chairs, toilets, suitcases, wheelie bins, shopping trolleys – you name it, it was in there.
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