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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Lake Burley Griffin (ACTON PARK) Canberra Australia

29 October, 2017

Team Leader
Peter Bickerton
Number of Participants
28
Total Debris Collected
210 kgs (estimated)

-35.286741180828, 149.12453064326

Survey Information

Location Name
Lake Burley Griffin (ACTON PARK) Canberra Australia
Organization/Dive Centre
IndepthScuba
City
Canberra
Country
Australia
Date
29 October, 2017
Survey Duration
40 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -35.286741180828
Longitude: 149.12453064326
Weather Conditions
mostly cloudy some rain
Survey Depth Range
1–4 meters
Area Surveyed
519 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
sand / silt
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 23
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Balloons 2
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 14
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 27
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Cigarette Lighters 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Cotton Bud Sticks 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 13
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 13
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
Straws, Stirrers 10
Plastic Fragments 84
Cigarette Filters 2
Strapping Bands (plastic) 2
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 28
Beverage Bottles (glass) 11
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 2
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 27
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 4
Caps & Lids (metal) 18
Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Strapping Bands (metal) 7
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 8
Wrappers (foil/metal) 31
Metal Fragments 54
Batteries: Car Or Boat 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 4
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 10
Tires/tyres 4
Rubber Fragments 16
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 2
Wood Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 2
Rope And String (cloth) 24
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 21
mixed materials collected
Fireworks 2
other materials collected
sleeping bag 1
kayak 1
metal pole with weights 1
power extension cords 4
electrical charger 1
weighing kit (medicine) 1
bicycles 8
shopping trolleys 5
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Species or Common Name european carp
Number Entangled 2
Status dead
Type of Debris 2 dead carp
Comments found floating on surface

the medicine weighing kit that still had individual weighing (grams) weights and tweeezers

getting the shopping trolleys and bikes out

getting the large pole out


a large group all enthusiastic and associated finathon charity

it is an inland freshwater man made lake and used extensively for local recreation (on top of the water) divers rarely dive below except for clean up events like this

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