Clean Beaches
A NEW IMAGE FOR CLEAN BEACH CHALLENGE- To be launched in 2010!
Our coastal award program, Clean Beach Challenge 2001-2009 will be relaunched in June 2010 as Clean Beaches. This revitalised coastal program is represented by a new logo, selected from a range of quality entries, through the Clean Beaches School Logo Design Competition 2009. The winner of this competition was Georgia Dyson, aged 9, from Clovelly Public School.
Georgia's logo design symbolises the interrelationship of the various coastal elements; water, sand, dunal systems, adjoining vegetation and community. Read Georgia's acceptance speech.
 
Georgia Dyson, Clean Beaches Logo Design Competition Winner with Peter McLean, CEO Keep Australia Beautiful NSW.
Clean Beaches supports and encourages projects which protect and enhance these environments and indicate a high level of community involvement and partnerships.
Clean Beaches is a fun competition, which aims to enhance beachside communities by promoting personal initiative, civic pride and environmental awareness. Through competition and awards, the program provides recognition to people who care for their community and coastal environment. Clean Beaches is a fantastic opportunity to network with other beachside communities who are proactively overcoming challenges for their local beach environments.
CONTACT US - We would love to hear from you!
To receive your information kit about the exciting opportunities Clean Beaches offers you and your coastal community, call 02 9633 3380 and chat to Rosemary Hadaway, Programs Manager or pop us a message via our 'contact' form.
PORT KEMBLA BEACH - It's a Winner!
The current title holder of the NSW Overall Clean Beaches award is Port Kembla Beach, in the Illawarra Region. To find out more about this outstanding beach, please download the media release.
Chris Hickey, Manager Beachwatch Programs, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW, with Clean Beach Assessors for the Illawarra Region; Alexandra Ryan and Caren Taylor.
Port Kembla is now a contender for the National Clean Beaches title to be announced on Thursday 25th March 2010. The National judge, Dr David Moy was impressed with this "hidden gem" of a beach, in a highly urbanised and industrialised landscape just south of Wollongong.
Click here to view the Australian Clean Beaches website
2009 Clean Beaches
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Awards Criteria
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Overall Clean Beaches Award
Assessors take into account beach’s geographic, environmental and economic circumstances. They assess how efficiently and effectively the community uses the resources available to them against a range of criteria.
These include:
-Tidiness and litter abatement
- Visitor friendliness and hospitality
- Fauna and flora
- Management of activities
- Community interaction including youth activities
- Resource conservation and waste management
- Local government leadership within a community.
The Overall entry is related to a demonstrated holistic approach to your beach based on the above criteria and not specifically related to the category (categories) you enter.
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Resource Recovery Award
- Outstanding accomplishment in resource recovery and management
- Evidence of community, business and/or local government initiatives in promoting resource recovery, managing waste materials and reducing packaging to protect our coastal environments
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Litter Prevention Award
- Accomplishment in litter prevention, management and education
- Evidence of sound and proactive litter management and abatement activities
- Public place recycling facilities
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Water Conservation Award
- Outstanding accomplishment in water conservation
- Evidence of community, business and/or local government initiatives in promoting water reuse, filtration and conservation to protect our coastal environments
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Young Legends Award
- Outstanding accomplishment by youth or by a beach/community which encourages and promotes youth activity
- Examples of Young Legends include volunteers, scout/girl guide groups, primary schools students, high school students, youth groups, university students, etc under the age of 25 years
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Community Partnerships and Action Award
- Outstanding community organisation and pride, expressed through civic, cultural and environmental activities
- Evidence of strong partnerships between the local beach community (including clubs and organised groups), local business and local councils
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Environmental Protection Award
- Outstanding accomplishment in the protection and commitment to the preservation of local fauna and flora. Examples include weed eradication policies and programs, partnerships between council and the community which are designed to identify, rehabilitate and/or protect local fauna and flora
- Commitment to the maintenance and protection of the coastal/dune biodiversity
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