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Operation Straw is a marine debris clean up project designed to tackle the amount of plastic straws f

03/07/2026

Looking for something to do this Sunday?

Join us for a community cove cleanup with and

Provided the rain holds out we’ll be strawkling in the water, sampling microplastics in the tide line, and collecting all the debris from the shore.

Can’t wait to see you there!

29/04/2026

Good people, good vibes, cleaner shores ✨
Our Cove Cleanup is on this weekend alongside and - come hang, help out, and make a difference 🌏

30/01/2026

The sun is shining, the ocean is clean, and we’re about to get out of… 😱 the ocean isn’t clean!

After a rewarding summer break spent recovering from the year that was and spending time with loved ones we’re back at it this weekend with a Cove Cleanup beside and the team.

The sun should be shining, the water warm but refreshing, and our excitement to see you at it’s peak! ☀️

04/12/2025

We were so in denial about it being December already that we forgot to share about this Sunday’s Cove Cleanup!

Come, cool off, and join us, , .eco.adventures, and for our final clean up of 2025! 🧤

We can’t wait to see you there!

03/10/2025

Who’s in need of some sun, salt water and strawkling fun? 🙌🏼

Long weekends can be hard to navigate so we’ve pushed back the strawkling event to next Sunday 12th October at 9am and we can’t wait to see you there!

**Please note this is a strawkle event only, the Cove Clean up will still be going ahead on Sunday 5th of October at 9am with .eco.adventures, and

29/04/2025

Hats off to our volunteers last month who collected this lovely trash bucket between 2 people.

Friendly reminder that there’s no strawkle this month as our hosts are away but we’ll be back in June.

Join and this Sunday at 10am for a microplastic survey and cleanup of the beach though 🧽

02/04/2025

We’re shaking things up this weekend with a whole weekend of cleanups 🧹

Join us, on Saturday at 9am for a strawkle 🤿

Or

Join .eco.adventures and on Sunday at 9am for the AUSMAP citizen science microplastic survey effort and a beach clean 🧽

Take your pick and we look forward to seeing you at 9am near the grass patch by Manly’s Art Gallery and Museum at Manly Cove.

24/02/2025

Clean Up Australia Day is right around the corner so come and join us to clean up Manly Cove this Sunday at 9am.

We’ll be there with .adventure.crew and 🧤 cleaning the beach 🔍 combing the beach for microplastics to take samples as citizen scientists and 🤿 strawkling the ocean.

See you there!

27/11/2024

The Cove is calling us - answer its call with us one final time for 2024 this Sunday!

, .adventure.crew, .eco.adventures, and will all be there to survey microplastics, clean the beach, dive in for a strawkle and reshape waste with a mini workshop to celebrate the 31st Ocean Festival 🌊

We can’t wait to see you!

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Manly, NSW

Website

https://www.operationstraw.org/

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