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Susie Crick

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The Challenge: ‘ReUse and Refill but most importantly REFUSE plastic’

By Coledale environmental advocate Susie Crick Minderoo Foundation research has proven that Australians are the world’s biggest consumers of single-use plastic per person. So what happens to all of that plastic convenience that passes through our...

Susie Crick
July 2024
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Opinion

Let’s quit the death cycle of plastic

By Susie Crick, president of Surfrider South Coast Last month I attended the global #BreakFreeFromPlastic conference in Vietnam and presented on Australia’s aims to reduce plastic waste. At the conference, waste pickers, scientists, lawyers and...

Susie Crick
May 2023
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Clubs & Community

Surfrider donates beach wheelchair

To wrap up 2022, the crew from Surfrider South Coast went along to the Disabled Surfers Association South Coast (DSA) final event of the year at Thirroul Beach last month. About 100 people came out on a beautiful, sunny Saturday morning to help the...

Susie Crick
January 2023
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Sport & Leisure

Share the stoke in Thirroul

To wrap up 2022, the Surfrider South Coast team are joining the incredible volunteers from the Disabled Surfers Association South Coast at Thirroul Beach on Saturday, December 3 at 9am. We are asking all of our readers and ocean-loving community to...

Susie Crick
November 2022
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News

See you at Sharky’s

I invite our readers to join Surfrider South Coast for our Spring Cleanup at Sharky Beach in Coledale on Saturday, 17th September at 9am. Bring your gloves, friends, family, and your dogs!

Susie Crick
September 2022
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News

It’s Plastic Free July

NSW is off to a great start by banning plastic bags!

Susie Crick
June 2022
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Clubs & Community

Clean up with Surfrider

Happy New Year – I’m excited that Surfrider South Coast can share in the first issue of the Flame. I’ve got some great news and an invite too! Last May the surfing and ocean-loving community came together for a paddle out at the Farm in...

Susie Crick
December 2021
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Clubs & Community

October’s Surfrider Report

World Smile Day is on October 1st, and in 2515 we have lots to smile about. We have the green of the escarpment on one side, and the blue surf on the other, and luckily we don’t get too inundated with pollution, other than the occasional...

Susie Crick
October 2021
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Clubs & Community

Happy 30th to Surfrider!

Happy Birthday to Surfrider. The first meeting of Surfrider activists was 30 years ago at Currumbin Beach on the Gold Coast and soon branches started popping up all around Australia and our South Coast branch represented strongly. Back then...

Susie Crick
August 2021
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Science & Nature

Innovative tech to replace shark nets

Goodbye shark nets! Great news for the residents and visitors of Coledale, Austinmer and Thirroul beaches as we are set to receive more efficient and innovative technologies to deter sharks. Last month Wollongong City Council voted unanimously to...

Susie Crick
May 2021
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News

Surfrider backs push to Save the Farm, Save Batemans Sanctuaries

Thanks to everyone who came to lend a hand at the Clean Up Australia Day beach clean and Wollongong harbour seabed clean last month. The haul was certainly much smaller than the last few years; we could put that down to people doing the right thing...

Susie Crick
April 2021
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News

Join Surfrider to clean up Wollongong Harbour

Join us on Saturday, March 6th at 9am when the Wollongong community comes together for Clean Up Australia Day to do a massive beach clean that includes a seabed sweep of Wollongong Harbour. Whether you want to jump in with a snorkel, surfboard or...

Susie Crick
March 2021
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Clubs & Community

Who’s up for a big beach clean?

Who’s up for a beach clean? Covid-19 has kept our organisation underground and silent for most of 2020; but 2021 is here and it’s time to get out and do out bit for our oceans and what better way to splash into beach cleans than to celebrate...

Susie Crick
February 2021
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News

How to choose an ocean-friendly sunscreen

As January is our hottest month and we are in full holiday swing, we are all out enjoying the beauty that 2515 has to offer. We are lucky to have so many beautiful beaches on our doorstep with the majestic escarpment as a backdrop. Summer is the...

Susie Crick
December 2020
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