2006
Chronology
December 2006
December 16 - Open day at new Clean Ocean Boneo office
December 14 - Clean Ocean present at Eastern Treatment Plant CLC Meeting
Decmber 4 - Clean Ocean presentation to Manningham Rotary Club
December 1 - Submission by Clean Ocean scientist Mark Akester to ammend NHMRC Recreational Water Guidelines
Meeting regarding RNWS Application
November 2006
November 14 - Investigations begin into proposed epidermological health study of Gunnamatta Beach and surrounds by Clean Ocean Foundation
November 10 - Preliminary National Outfall Database (NOD) information made available on Clean Ocean website
November 6 - National Water Recycling Week
October 2006
October 21 - Move to new Boneo Office
October 26 - Mark attends Eastern Irrigation Scheme Tour & CLC Meeting
October 18 - Victorian Government announces upgrade of Eastern Treatment Plant to Class A standard. Use of recycled water is expected to reduce flow of effluent to Gunnamatta Beach by 80% in 2012
October 15 - National Water Week
October 6 - Carlo Iacovino makes Clean Ocean presesntation at 2006 Flinders Seniors Forum & Expo
October 3 - Ringwood College PPT Presentation
September 2006
20 Sep - Clean Ocean presentation at St. Andrews Beach Forum
Clean Ocean submits joint proposal with National Centre for Marine and Coastal Conservation to National Water Commission to establish National Outfall Database
Clean Ocean Environmental Scientist Mark Akester makes presentation on Ocean Outfalls at Public Forum organised by Martin Dixon
Troy Fynmore meets with Clean Ocean crew to establish National Marine Debris Initiative
Troy Fynmore runs Marine Litter Clean Up days with schools from Apollo Bay, Oberon High, Anglesea, and Airies Inlet PS
Simon Perraton meets with year 7 from Mornington Secondary College at Gunnamatta outfall to complete their Ocean Pollution unit
West Coast Campaign gets Banner in Barwon Heads!
West Coast Campaign gets information portal on Clean Ocean Website!
Melanie Komisarczyc (Environmental Scientist) joins Clean Ocean team to create new primary education programs
2006 Surfboard Raffle winners announced
Clean Ocean Environmental Scientist Mark Akester talks on 774 Radio after water minister John Thwaits is interviewed about Gippsland Recycled Water Project
Billabong sends donations for Clean Ocean Op shop! Thanks Guys!
Linda Patterson collects Op Shop Donations from “Bumps Surf and Ski Elsternwick”! Thanks guys!
Trigger Brothers Brighton sends Op Shop Donations! Thanks Guys!
Clean Ocean receives donations from individual members! Thanks to all!
August 2006
2 Aug - Clean Ocean presentation at Habour Dive
5 Aug - Outfall education tour
11 Aug - Meeting with Australian Maritime College
17 Aug - 3 x Clean Ocean presentations at Dromana Cluster Conference
20 Aug - World Water Week
29 Aug - Mt Eliza Secondary interview
30 Aug - Meeting with Australian Maritime College
Clean Ocean Surf Op Shop starts taking donations of surf clothing and merchandise
Carlo Iacovino (Clean Ocean CEO) makes presentation at Seasol
Simon Perraton meets with Wesley College Year 6 Students to congratulate them on their efforts to save the marine environment; through ‘ocean pollution DVD’ and fundraising efforts.
Woodleigh Secondary Unit 3-4 Students visit Gunnamatta outfall with CEO Carlo Iacovino
Mark Akester and Simon Perraton meet with Boyd Blackwell from National Centre for Marine and Coastal Conservation
Monterey Secondary College students visit Gunnamatta outfall with Simon Perraton
Clean Ocean Foundation team meet to plan National Outfall Database Program under National Water Commission Raising National Water Standards Programme
Celebration of the Coast Committee organise fundraising evening/celebration at Hickinbotham Winery for 200 people
Clean Ocean Sticker spotted in California!
Clean Ocean Sticker spotted in Japan!
Andreas Wenzel (Marketing) volunteers time to establish new marketing documents for Clean Ocean
Clean Ocean West Coast Campaigner Sharon Marshal gives two outfall tours of Black Rock Outfall to students from Bendigo Secondary College
Frankston High School Students visit Gunnamatta Outfall with Clean Ocean’s Simon Perraton and talk about ocean pollution in the class room at Frankston High
Clean Ocean representatives Mark Akester, Simon Perraton, and Carlo Iacovino meet State Opposition Leader Ted Bailue, and opposition MP’s Martin Dixon, David Davis and Dennis Naphthene, at Gunnamatta Outfall.
Clean Ocean Foundation President Pete Smith, and Founder Graham Quail, meet Greg Hunt MP to discuss Clean Ocean’s progress
National Centre for Marine and Coastal Conservation provides information for Clean Ocean Information Centre.
July 2006
26 July - Meeting with David Davis MP in Melbourne
14 July - Mt Eliza Secondary outfall education tour
12 July - Dennis Napthine MP visits Gunnamatta Outfall
8 July - Meeting with David Davis MP in Melbourne
Clean Ocean Foundation conducts water sampling of waters off Gunnamatta and St Andrews beach to test for heavy and trace metals
Clean Ocean finds elevated levels of arsenic in waters off 13th Beach and Bancoora Surf Life Saving Club
Clean Ocean launches West Coast campaign to prevent Barwon Water building new industrial development in dunes behind 13th beach and to close Black Rock ocean outfall.
Mt Eliza Secondary College Outdoor Education Students tour Gunnamatta outfall with Clean Ocean
Clean Ocean’s Simon Perraton and Sharon Marshal meet with Greg Hunt MP (Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage) to request environmental impact assessment of new development at Black Rock
June 2006
2 June - Meeting in Flinders with EML Sampling Laboratories
8 June - World Ocean Day
21 June - Dialogue with Economic Strategist for ETP Upgrade
24 June - Mark, Carlo & Simon attend ETP Tour & CLC Meeting
26 June - Sharon Marshall represents Clean Ocean at Barwon Heads Meeting
29 June - Small equipment grant submitted
May 2006
20 May - Photo shoot for Age Newspaper at Point Leo
April 2006
1 April - Clean Ocean presentation at Festival of Youth
13 April - 2 x presentations to Annual Dromana Cluster Conference
27 April - Clean Ocean presentation to MPSC, Hastings
27 April - PPT presentation to Soroptomist International
March 2006
Mar 30 - Rdio interview on 3RRP regarding water quality at ocean beaches
Mar 24 - Clean Ocean presentation to 'Mornington View Club'
Mar 22 - Mark Akester interview on Radio 3CR regarding Gunnamatta and water cycling
Mar 18 - Clean Ocean presentation at Barwon Heads 'Festival of the Sea'
Mar 14 - David Davis MP visits Gunnamatta Outfall
Mar 13 - Dialogue with Barwon Water regarding water testing
Mar 10 - Water testing at Bancoora, Black Rock, Pt Impossible & 13th Beach
Mar 8 - Dialogue with Michael Morehead regarding sediment and water testing
Mar 7 - Submission of Envirofund application
February 2006
Feb 23 - Reporting of diatom algal bloom at Rye & St.Andrews Ocean Beaches
Feb 3 - Meeting with Australian Maritime College
January 2006
Jan 30 - EPA contacted by Clean Ocean regarding water quality at Gunnamatta Beach
Jan 23 - Department of Human Services contacted by Clean Ocean regarding water quality at Gunnamatta Beach
Jan 21 - Presentation to Flinders residents
Jan 14 - Clean Ocean at Point Danger Swin
Jan 4 - Submission to NHMRC Recreational Water Guidelines
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