November 21, 2024 • 14 mins
In today's episode...
How a Gympie man survived almost 20 hours stranded at sea.
Turtles and tourists return to Mon Repos.
And tonnes of rubbish continually pulled from the Burnett River.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Iharb White Babette.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Welcome to iHeart White Bay Bonette. To your local news fix.
I'm Taylor Larson. It's not often you get to hear
how someone survived almost twenty hours stranded at sea. Our
first story is just that GIMPI man. Aaron Odgers and
his two mates set off from Cans on November nine
for a fishing competition. Not long in, their boat capsized,
(00:24):
leaving them in shark infested waters. Bruce Atkinson caught up
with Aaron this week.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
We'd already been out for one night on the reef
and fish the whole next day and all was going
good as a really excellent trip. Settled in for the night,
fish on our favorite spot. Notice one of the holes
on the boat, because it's a cat, it was a
bit low in the water, so I went to pump
it and used electric pump and for some reason the
(00:51):
electrics didn't work, so I went for the next option,
which is the hen pump. So we put open the
access at and put their the hose down in the
build and started pumping and having a bit of trouble
getting suction, and then a wave came over through the
engines at the back end and basically swamped us and
(01:11):
filled the boat with a bit. We put abit of
foot of free service water in the boat, and that
all went down that hend hole, and in the ensuring
a bit of panic, I suppose I went straight up,
started the engines and moved us forward off the anchor
each and lifted the anchor and kept us moving, keep
the water out of the back, and we seemed to
gain a bit of momentum for a bit, still leaning
(01:34):
over the right side heap. Then the engines stopped one
by one. I think the water just got over the
batteries or something and sword in them. And we lost
one engine first and then the other. And when the
engines were lost to being fully just about fully submerged
took about fifteen maybe twenty seconds. I was in the
(01:57):
main cab on the radio trying a radio made a
and I just had time to grab the flares. I
miss the eperb somehow it had been dislodged. Then we
were floating next to the boat. There was about a
foot foot of boat hanging out the water. Just the
bear and all the white jackets were inside. Everything was inside.
(02:17):
And yeah, at least it.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
Floated fifteen to twenty seconds. You can be forgiven for
forgetting the eperb, but that must have been pretty frantic.
And how far offshore are you?
Speaker 3 (02:27):
As the crow flies from d Reil, it's eighty five
kilometer one way, so she's a good trip. Yeah, well,
well twenty twenty high in sight. We probably should have
tied the EPERB to one of our arms straight away
once we noticed the water, but trying to deal with
the situation became priority, I.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Think, and hindsight, it's a good thing. What's it like?
What's it like when you're that far offshore? Sharks and
I imagine probably some crocs around as well. What are
you thinking?
Speaker 5 (02:55):
And you're in the water.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
We were getting burnt with petrol about I suppose two
hours into it, because we sunk at eight pm roughly,
so as we're settled and just trying to sort out
what we're going to do next, you could just feel
the petrol burning on your skin. We sort of hoped
that that was a bit of a shark to tournament
as well. All night we were just huddled together and
(03:19):
anything that touches your foot you thinks the shark.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
And I couldn't think of anything worse.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
We're starting pretty close to the hole put it that.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
Way, and so this is about eight o'clock at night
or something pretty late at night. What's the light through
the night? Pretty terrifying and daylight comes around.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
The worst part was we actually had a trip report
in with Coastguard, so letting them know where we are,
when we're going to be back, and when we were
going to be back is eleven and am next day.
So when we went in without the EP, we knew
no one to be looking for at least fifteen hours
after we go in, so we knew we're in for
(03:59):
a bit of a law hall in the water. And
all night we were just focused on trying to keep
each other warm and motivated, you know, talking and checking
the clock as it seems to go backwards as it does.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
And all the time you're just clinging to the hull
of a little small part of the hole that's sticking
out of the water. Is that right, yep?
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Yep?
Speaker 3 (04:19):
And we could put our feet on where the windscreen is,
so we weren't paddling one hundred percent per se. We
could rest and sit on bits of guardrail and that
underwater around the hole.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
How much did your navy training? I believe you're in
the Navy for about twenty years. How much did that help.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
A little bit? I suppose in the initial damage control assessment,
you know, you prioritize, you know, let's let's get moving
to stop sinking and address the problem, which we were
doing and then unfortunately just lost the engine. So once
that happened, it was it was all over.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
You made it through. I was still talking to you now,
so you've obviously made it tell us to end the
story off for me.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Thank god for good mates. When the cost guard called
in to my wife at about midday after we were
missing for an hour, she hadn't heard from us, so
she rang my mate Buddha and he said, no, I
haven't heard from him. So he finished his golf game
and said, stuff there, So I'm going out to have
a look. And like, this is a two and a
half hour normal boat ride from the ramp, so it's
(05:26):
a fair undertaking to go out. So he raced out
to have a look and yeah, we'd seen no one.
We're sort of hoping to see something in the air
maybe from about you know, one pm, two pm. That's
three hours after we're missing. That put a bit of
downer on us, actually, because We saw nothing at all
until it was about five thirty pm when we saw
(05:48):
Buddha's boat on the horizon. Now all the waves of
the reef, and I'm sort of looking and going looked
like it looked like a bloody windsurfer. To me, looked
like I was moving that fast. And I said to
the boys, I said, is that a boat? And they
sort of looked and went maybe maybe. And then he
turned and we went, oh, yeah, and we're waving and
(06:08):
paper note see us. And then they turned around and
went back the other way, and then they came towards us,
and that's when we sort of knew, ye, we've been
a seen and should be rescued. We had a bit
of a high then I suppose a cheer and jubilation,
and then they got in a boat and drank lots
of water and got back to d rail. But the
(06:29):
big twenty twenties hindsight moment, I suppose would be all
your safety gear, it's actually not if you can't get it,
I suppose note your self. So they'll be repositioning a
eperb outside the cabin because it would be a lot
easier to dive on the outside of the cabin. That
it is inside. Trust me. We're attempted about thirty times
to get to the safe gear next morning, and even water.
(06:52):
So if you can store water on your main deck
or float away capsule, all better. I'll definitely be getting
and fell in my holes with home. So cancing and
how are.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
You feeling now after this ordeal?
Speaker 3 (07:08):
God burn up, I can recommend petrol as a as
a skin peel for all the women out there. Most
definitely look like a leper back home, but other than that,
all three of us are in there in good spirits,
nothing major to knock us around, and we're all keen
to get back out there and get fishing.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Coming up after the break, the visitors returning to the
wood Gara Coast and the river that keeps on giving.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
I heard white, I heard white.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
You're listening to iHeart White, bay Burnette. I'm Taylor Lasson.
Three hundred turtles are expected to nest along the wood
Gara Coast this season, just over a month in, and
it's already looking like that target will be exceeded. At
Monrepole alone, there have been sixty seven loggerheads, four flatbacks
and a green turtle come to shore.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Usually by the end of December, end of November, start
of December. It gives us a good indication on what
our numbers are going to be looking like. And yeah,
this season, we're certainly ahead of what we've seen in
the last number of seasons at this time of the year.
So yeah, things are looking really positive for the nesting turtles.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
That's ranger in charge, Kathy Gatley. The rookery has the
largest concentration of nesting marine turtles on Australia's eastern mainland,
plus the biggest loggerhead nesting population in the South Pacific.
There's also a dedicated research center to track turtles progress
and habits. Throughout the years, We've.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Had a couple of first time nests, which is always
exciting to see, so turtles up on the beach for
the first time laying their eggs and we know that
because they're untagged turtles, so it's always good to see
a turtle kicking off her breeding. And then we have
had some turtles that have been here in the program
for many years. I think we've got at least one
(09:05):
or two turtles that are in their sixties that are nesting,
so they've been in the program for a long time.
And still going strong.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
It's not just turtles flocking to the beach. The nightly
encounters are tracked upwards of fifty thousand people every season
and are one of Bunderberg's main tourism attractions. If you're
lucky enough, you could see a turtle come ashore on
any of the region's beaches. At Moore Park Beach, nighttime
driving is currently restricted between dusk and dawn to protect
(09:34):
nesting mothers. Counselor Jason Bartel sees the programs returned after
a successful trial last season.
Speaker 5 (09:41):
Prior to the trial, there were interactions between beach using
public and the turtle monitoring groups. There were a lot
of near misses with vehicles on the beach and the
turtle monitoring groups during the night. There also were a
lot of interactions between vehicle tracks of the turtles being
disrupted with their nesting because of the vehicle tracks in
the headlights.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
It seems to be making a difference.
Speaker 5 (10:01):
I was speaking last week to the turtle monitoring group
and they've told me that numbers have increased significantly while
the trial's been on. I don't have the exact numbers,
but they said that there are a lot of turtles
coming back to nest More Park Beach once again.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
The season runs until the end of March. It's still
plenty of opportunities for locals and visitors to see the
turtles in action. Kathy Gatley has this advice. If you
are lucky enough to come across one.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Lights and movement disturbed turtles. So if you're down on
the beach at night, it's best to sit somewhere, not
have your torch on or your phone on. And just
if a turtle does come ashore, stay well back. Don't
approach as they're walking from the water. Wait until they've
settled into the laying of their eggs, which is probably
usually up on the dunes for about half an hour
(10:45):
before you just approach from behind, but give them lots
of space and keep the lights out.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Every month, tons of rubbish are being pulled from the
Burnet River, which snakes through Bunderberg. It's thanks to Ross
and her husband from Ocean Crusaders. Their contract with Council
sees them and two volunteers hand collect debris from their
little barge boats.
Speaker 6 (11:09):
This month's was no different to any other. Really, we're
we're usually pulling out around five hundred kilos a day,
so we actually pulled out a lot more the first
couple of days this time seven hundred and forty kilos
and seven hundred on the second day, three twenty on
the third. But bearing in mind, a lot of that
was microplastic, so that's.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
A lot, Jemma says. Despite their efforts, the Bernard is
the river that keeps on giving. We're on a.
Speaker 6 (11:33):
Maintenance program with the river. So when we first started
going to Bundy, we were pulling out enormous amounts, like
I can't even tell you, like tons upon tons. So
we are pulling out less than we were, say, three
or four years ago, but at the same time, it's
pretty consistent every month, which means we're not really improving
the situation. If you know what I mean. It's still coming.
(11:56):
It's still fresh rubbish, and obviously being a river town,
it's very easy for rubbish to get into the river,
especially if it's either deliberate or you know, you've got
all the drains and roads like, all their draining systems
basically lead to the river.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Takeaway containers, cans, bottles, and tires are the main issues.
This time. The team even cleaned up a sunken yacht
in all of its contents.
Speaker 6 (12:21):
All sorts of fishing paraphernalia such as tangled lines, hooks, floors,
the bait bags are probably the worst offenders. We get
boat bits from stuff that's blown off deck or fallen
off deck. We get shopping trolleys that people like to
throw in for funzies. We get lots of little polystyrene
fragments from you know those call boxes that people use
(12:41):
three the offiici or veggies at market.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Gim I believes ocean crusaders is just a band aid
and a permanent solution is needed. That includes education and
community awareness, drain.
Speaker 6 (12:53):
Catchments for any town that's on a river or creep
or close to the coach. You know, you need catchment
for that rubbish that's just going to get strewn around regardless,
so that it doesn't end up in the water waste,
because that's where it can do the most damage. Obviously
on land it can as well, but water is where
you see the most impact on wildlife and the reef
and the water clock quality. So yeah, like we would
(13:15):
hope that one day sometime in the future this data
can be used to go Okay, well, you know, as
a council. Perhaps we need to invest in proper drain
catchments and then have a maintenance program to clean those
as opposed to damage control trying to get out of
the river.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
The team is kept busy with their monthly three day
cleanups on the Burnett, plus various other events around Southeast Queensland.
If you have a few hours to spare, you can
check out the Ocean Cruisaders Facebook page to find new
volunteering opportunities. That's all for this week. If you want
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(13:52):
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Speaker 1 (14:01):
White a bernad
Iharb White Babette.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Welcome to iHeart White Bay Bonette. To your local news fix.
I'm Taylor Larson. It's not often you get to hear
how someone survived almost twenty hours stranded at sea. Our
first story is just that GIMPI man. Aaron Odgers and
his two mates set off from Cans on November nine
for a fishing competition. Not long in, their boat capsized,
(00:24):
leaving them in shark infested waters. Bruce Atkinson caught up
with Aaron this week.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
We'd already been out for one night on the reef
and fish the whole next day and all was going
good as a really excellent trip. Settled in for the night,
fish on our favorite spot. Notice one of the holes
on the boat, because it's a cat, it was a
bit low in the water, so I went to pump
it and used electric pump and for some reason the
(00:51):
electrics didn't work, so I went for the next option,
which is the hen pump. So we put open the
access at and put their the hose down in the
build and started pumping and having a bit of trouble
getting suction, and then a wave came over through the
engines at the back end and basically swamped us and
(01:11):
filled the boat with a bit. We put abit of
foot of free service water in the boat, and that
all went down that hend hole, and in the ensuring
a bit of panic, I suppose I went straight up,
started the engines and moved us forward off the anchor
each and lifted the anchor and kept us moving, keep
the water out of the back, and we seemed to
gain a bit of momentum for a bit, still leaning
(01:34):
over the right side heap. Then the engines stopped one
by one. I think the water just got over the
batteries or something and sword in them. And we lost
one engine first and then the other. And when the
engines were lost to being fully just about fully submerged
took about fifteen maybe twenty seconds. I was in the
(01:57):
main cab on the radio trying a radio made a
and I just had time to grab the flares. I
miss the eperb somehow it had been dislodged. Then we
were floating next to the boat. There was about a
foot foot of boat hanging out the water. Just the
bear and all the white jackets were inside. Everything was inside.
(02:17):
And yeah, at least it.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
Floated fifteen to twenty seconds. You can be forgiven for
forgetting the eperb, but that must have been pretty frantic.
And how far offshore are you?
Speaker 3 (02:27):
As the crow flies from d Reil, it's eighty five
kilometer one way, so she's a good trip. Yeah, well,
well twenty twenty high in sight. We probably should have
tied the EPERB to one of our arms straight away
once we noticed the water, but trying to deal with
the situation became priority, I.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Think, and hindsight, it's a good thing. What's it like?
What's it like when you're that far offshore? Sharks and
I imagine probably some crocs around as well. What are
you thinking?
Speaker 5 (02:55):
And you're in the water.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
We were getting burnt with petrol about I suppose two
hours into it, because we sunk at eight pm roughly,
so as we're settled and just trying to sort out
what we're going to do next, you could just feel
the petrol burning on your skin. We sort of hoped
that that was a bit of a shark to tournament
as well. All night we were just huddled together and
(03:19):
anything that touches your foot you thinks the shark.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
And I couldn't think of anything worse.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
We're starting pretty close to the hole put it that.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
Way, and so this is about eight o'clock at night
or something pretty late at night. What's the light through
the night? Pretty terrifying and daylight comes around.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
The worst part was we actually had a trip report
in with Coastguard, so letting them know where we are,
when we're going to be back, and when we were
going to be back is eleven and am next day.
So when we went in without the EP, we knew
no one to be looking for at least fifteen hours
after we go in, so we knew we're in for
(03:59):
a bit of a law hall in the water. And
all night we were just focused on trying to keep
each other warm and motivated, you know, talking and checking
the clock as it seems to go backwards as it does.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
And all the time you're just clinging to the hull
of a little small part of the hole that's sticking
out of the water. Is that right, yep?
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Yep?
Speaker 3 (04:19):
And we could put our feet on where the windscreen is,
so we weren't paddling one hundred percent per se. We
could rest and sit on bits of guardrail and that
underwater around the hole.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
How much did your navy training? I believe you're in
the Navy for about twenty years. How much did that help.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
A little bit? I suppose in the initial damage control assessment,
you know, you prioritize, you know, let's let's get moving
to stop sinking and address the problem, which we were
doing and then unfortunately just lost the engine. So once
that happened, it was it was all over.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
You made it through. I was still talking to you now,
so you've obviously made it tell us to end the
story off for me.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Thank god for good mates. When the cost guard called
in to my wife at about midday after we were
missing for an hour, she hadn't heard from us, so
she rang my mate Buddha and he said, no, I
haven't heard from him. So he finished his golf game
and said, stuff there, So I'm going out to have
a look. And like, this is a two and a
half hour normal boat ride from the ramp, so it's
(05:26):
a fair undertaking to go out. So he raced out
to have a look and yeah, we'd seen no one.
We're sort of hoping to see something in the air
maybe from about you know, one pm, two pm. That's
three hours after we're missing. That put a bit of
downer on us, actually, because We saw nothing at all
until it was about five thirty pm when we saw
(05:48):
Buddha's boat on the horizon. Now all the waves of
the reef, and I'm sort of looking and going looked
like it looked like a bloody windsurfer. To me, looked
like I was moving that fast. And I said to
the boys, I said, is that a boat? And they
sort of looked and went maybe maybe. And then he
turned and we went, oh, yeah, and we're waving and
(06:08):
paper note see us. And then they turned around and
went back the other way, and then they came towards us,
and that's when we sort of knew, ye, we've been
a seen and should be rescued. We had a bit
of a high then I suppose a cheer and jubilation,
and then they got in a boat and drank lots
of water and got back to d rail. But the
(06:29):
big twenty twenties hindsight moment, I suppose would be all
your safety gear, it's actually not if you can't get it,
I suppose note your self. So they'll be repositioning a
eperb outside the cabin because it would be a lot
easier to dive on the outside of the cabin. That
it is inside. Trust me. We're attempted about thirty times
to get to the safe gear next morning, and even water.
(06:52):
So if you can store water on your main deck
or float away capsule, all better. I'll definitely be getting
and fell in my holes with home. So cancing and
how are.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
You feeling now after this ordeal?
Speaker 3 (07:08):
God burn up, I can recommend petrol as a as
a skin peel for all the women out there. Most
definitely look like a leper back home, but other than that,
all three of us are in there in good spirits,
nothing major to knock us around, and we're all keen
to get back out there and get fishing.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Coming up after the break, the visitors returning to the
wood Gara Coast and the river that keeps on giving.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
I heard white, I heard white.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
You're listening to iHeart White, bay Burnette. I'm Taylor Lasson.
Three hundred turtles are expected to nest along the wood
Gara Coast this season, just over a month in, and
it's already looking like that target will be exceeded. At
Monrepole alone, there have been sixty seven loggerheads, four flatbacks
and a green turtle come to shore.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Usually by the end of December, end of November, start
of December. It gives us a good indication on what
our numbers are going to be looking like. And yeah,
this season, we're certainly ahead of what we've seen in
the last number of seasons at this time of the year.
So yeah, things are looking really positive for the nesting turtles.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
That's ranger in charge, Kathy Gatley. The rookery has the
largest concentration of nesting marine turtles on Australia's eastern mainland,
plus the biggest loggerhead nesting population in the South Pacific.
There's also a dedicated research center to track turtles progress
and habits. Throughout the years, We've.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Had a couple of first time nests, which is always
exciting to see, so turtles up on the beach for
the first time laying their eggs and we know that
because they're untagged turtles, so it's always good to see
a turtle kicking off her breeding. And then we have
had some turtles that have been here in the program
for many years. I think we've got at least one
(09:05):
or two turtles that are in their sixties that are nesting,
so they've been in the program for a long time.
And still going strong.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
It's not just turtles flocking to the beach. The nightly
encounters are tracked upwards of fifty thousand people every season
and are one of Bunderberg's main tourism attractions. If you're
lucky enough, you could see a turtle come ashore on
any of the region's beaches. At Moore Park Beach, nighttime
driving is currently restricted between dusk and dawn to protect
(09:34):
nesting mothers. Counselor Jason Bartel sees the programs returned after
a successful trial last season.
Speaker 5 (09:41):
Prior to the trial, there were interactions between beach using
public and the turtle monitoring groups. There were a lot
of near misses with vehicles on the beach and the
turtle monitoring groups during the night. There also were a
lot of interactions between vehicle tracks of the turtles being
disrupted with their nesting because of the vehicle tracks in
the headlights.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
It seems to be making a difference.
Speaker 5 (10:01):
I was speaking last week to the turtle monitoring group
and they've told me that numbers have increased significantly while
the trial's been on. I don't have the exact numbers,
but they said that there are a lot of turtles
coming back to nest More Park Beach once again.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
The season runs until the end of March. It's still
plenty of opportunities for locals and visitors to see the
turtles in action. Kathy Gatley has this advice. If you
are lucky enough to come across one.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Lights and movement disturbed turtles. So if you're down on
the beach at night, it's best to sit somewhere, not
have your torch on or your phone on. And just
if a turtle does come ashore, stay well back. Don't
approach as they're walking from the water. Wait until they've
settled into the laying of their eggs, which is probably
usually up on the dunes for about half an hour
(10:45):
before you just approach from behind, but give them lots
of space and keep the lights out.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Every month, tons of rubbish are being pulled from the
Burnet River, which snakes through Bunderberg. It's thanks to Ross
and her husband from Ocean Crusaders. Their contract with Council
sees them and two volunteers hand collect debris from their
little barge boats.
Speaker 6 (11:09):
This month's was no different to any other. Really, we're
we're usually pulling out around five hundred kilos a day,
so we actually pulled out a lot more the first
couple of days this time seven hundred and forty kilos
and seven hundred on the second day, three twenty on
the third. But bearing in mind, a lot of that
was microplastic, so that's.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
A lot, Jemma says. Despite their efforts, the Bernard is
the river that keeps on giving. We're on a.
Speaker 6 (11:33):
Maintenance program with the river. So when we first started
going to Bundy, we were pulling out enormous amounts, like
I can't even tell you, like tons upon tons. So
we are pulling out less than we were, say, three
or four years ago, but at the same time, it's
pretty consistent every month, which means we're not really improving
the situation. If you know what I mean. It's still coming.
(11:56):
It's still fresh rubbish, and obviously being a river town,
it's very easy for rubbish to get into the river,
especially if it's either deliberate or you know, you've got
all the drains and roads like, all their draining systems
basically lead to the river.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Takeaway containers, cans, bottles, and tires are the main issues.
This time. The team even cleaned up a sunken yacht
in all of its contents.
Speaker 6 (12:21):
All sorts of fishing paraphernalia such as tangled lines, hooks, floors,
the bait bags are probably the worst offenders. We get
boat bits from stuff that's blown off deck or fallen
off deck. We get shopping trolleys that people like to
throw in for funzies. We get lots of little polystyrene
fragments from you know those call boxes that people use
(12:41):
three the offiici or veggies at market.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Gim I believes ocean crusaders is just a band aid
and a permanent solution is needed. That includes education and
community awareness, drain.
Speaker 6 (12:53):
Catchments for any town that's on a river or creep
or close to the coach. You know, you need catchment
for that rubbish that's just going to get strewn around regardless,
so that it doesn't end up in the water waste,
because that's where it can do the most damage. Obviously
on land it can as well, but water is where
you see the most impact on wildlife and the reef
and the water clock quality. So yeah, like we would
(13:15):
hope that one day sometime in the future this data
can be used to go Okay, well, you know, as
a council. Perhaps we need to invest in proper drain
catchments and then have a maintenance program to clean those
as opposed to damage control trying to get out of
the river.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
The team is kept busy with their monthly three day
cleanups on the Burnett, plus various other events around Southeast Queensland.
If you have a few hours to spare, you can
check out the Ocean Cruisaders Facebook page to find new
volunteering opportunities. That's all for this week. If you want
to hear these episode again or find previous ones, search
(13:52):
Iheartwhite Baby Bernite on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you
get your podcasts. Tune in again next week for more local,
trusted and free new I heard
Speaker 1 (14:01):
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