Lily Creek Cleanup with Fight for our Reef & OzFish Cairns

Healthy waterways = a healthy Reef, so join Fight for Our Reef and OzFish to remove trash from this highly littered section of creek before the wet season comes along to wash it all into the ocean! You'll see a tangible difference as we make this inner-city creek sparkle for the fish and vegetation who call it home, and log the data to find out where all this trash is coming from!

With gloves, bags and grabbers provided, this cleanup is a concentrated blitz of a small area and will only take about 1 hour. Then we'll enjoy some pizza, snacks and drinks and hear from OzFish Cairns Project Manager Phil Laycock who will teach us more about the aquatic life of Cairns' waterways, why they're important for the marine environment and how we can help monitor and restore them. We'll also hear an update about the Fight for Our Reef campaign from Tanya Murphy.

Wear enclosed shoes, hat, sun-smart clothes and mosquito repellant. Feel free to bring a camp chair to sit on during the pizza and socialising at the end of the cleanup. (We’ll also bring some chairs, and you can also sit on the grass.)

All Welcome! This is a free event but please RSVP so we know numbers for equipment and catering. RSVP here: https://www.marineconservation.org.au/volunteer-shift-sign-up/