Tsunami Debris Expedition Fundraiser Auction Items

Auction and raffle items for the tsunami debris expedition fundraiser at Murrays at Manly on 15th May.

Our wonderful supporters have donated a whole lot of awesome experiences and products for our fundraising event at Murrays at Manly on the 15th May. We will have a raffle, silent auction and a live auction run by auctioneer Andrew Lutze from Cunninghams and MC, Wendy Harmer, comedian and editor of The Hoopla.

Starts 7pm. Check out the auction items!

Live auction items.

*Lady Elliot Island -Overnight incl. flights from Hervey Bayvalue $1130

Out on the frontier of the Great Barrier Reef exists a coral cay island ‘Lady Elliot’ where the coral reef is alive and teaming with life, where hands-on adventure and exploration are keys to this Australian holiday experience in a declared ‘Marine National Park Zone’.  It’s a special wild kind of a place where people come from all over the world and yet fit together, blend together within minutes of meeting each other through a common need.  That need is to be closer to nature and experience the environment and it’s creatures.

Lady Elliot Island, Great barrier reef coral cay – timelapse – South side from Quinton Marais

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*Jervis Bay ECO Package-  total value of  $475

Stay overnight at Worrowing Eco Hut, a secluded studio style luxury cabin on 250 acre property neighbouring Jervis Bay National Park, self contained 1 queen bed, double spa bath, kangaroos & nature at your door.Only 3.5 min to beach or lake & the perfect coastal hideaway. Eco Hut Queen bed self contained studio,with double spa ,overlooking a natural bush setting in a secluded location with kangaroos ,wallabies and wildlife at your doorstep , neighbouring Jervis Bay National Park and nestled between the pristine waterways of St Georges Basin and Jervis Bay . Exclusive to couples and the perfect getaway experience. (value $275)

Worrowing Eco Hut

While you are in Jervis Bay you’ll also get two adult tickets from Extreme Whale &  Dolphin Watch Cruises  …very cool indeed, if you go in October you may catch some whales with calves! (value up to $160)

Extreme Whale Watching

After all the action you’ll have built up an appetite so enjoy your lunch at Pilgrims Wholefood Café, yum! (value $40).

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*Oceanworld – Shark Dive Xtreme valued at $540

Two shark dive gift vouchers (Valid Monday-Friday) No experience needed- Many celebrities have done it,  Silke & Paul have even filmed the Amazing Race contestants in the shark tank!

Shark Dive Extreme

SDX Shark Dive Extreme Oceanworld Manly

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*Double dive for Buddy team  at FISHROCK cave  (value at $260 )

From our mates at Fishrock Dive Centre, for certified divers.  If you’d like to see sharks in the wild this is for you, Australia’s longest Ocean Cave  famous for Grey Nurse Sharks!

Fishrock Cave

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*Two Reusable Glowsticks  – donated by Dive Centre Manly (value $50)

For Scuba diving. One for you& your buddy – not more toxic single use cyalume glowsticks on your nightdives!

 

*Whitsunday Monster

This photo degrading Monster was found by Ben Ware in the Whitsundays – on a clean up with Two Hands Project Founders Paul & Silke.

Whitsundays Monster

From being a careless fishermen, Ben has turned around and dedicated his life to cleaning up the Whitsundays.  Check out his Whitsundays Plastic Pollution Page.  Just Ben and his Two Hands, in the little dinghy “Tintanic” –  day in day out.  He  is a true inspiration – Taking Two Hands in his own hands,  just what it’s intended to be.Anyone heading to the Whitsundays,  interested in beach cleaning should look him up.

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*Driftwood Puppet by Angelika Treichler (reserve $200)

Angelika’s ideas were inspired by her art studies, she learned about Picasso’s, Schwitters’ and Duchamp’s ways of working with   L’Objet Trouve’  or ‘Found Art’ – Instead of creating your artwork from a preconceived idea, you start your work from a found object, that is not usually considered art. Something you find in your environment such as household objects or, in this case, things from the natural environment.I hope that my puppets inspire others to come up with good environmental art.”
All  pieces of driftwood  found under Manly Wharf, right where our famous Little Penguins nest.

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*Silent auction items.

*WHALEWATCHING family pass Sydney Adventure Cruises  (value $215)  (2 adults and 2 kids) Have a whale of a time with the whole Family!

Sydney Adventure Cruises Whale Watching

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*Pro Dive Central CoastHMAS ADELAIDE  Double DIVE for buddy team!! - (value $200)

Only for Certified divers. Retired navy  ship  HMAS Adelaide has been ‘repurposed’  to be an Artificial reef. Home to some amazing local marine life !

HMAS Adelaide

($18 per diver permit for Nat parks not included)

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*Indoor Climbing family pass at Brookvales Rockhouse (value $65)

Rockhouse

 – new bouldering wall & lead climbing ready!!  Take you’re whole  family somewhere local for an extraordinary experience of strength & technique and trust…;-)
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*Certified Organic  towel set   (value $50)

From Eco Downunder.

2x certified organic bath Towels

2x certified organic hand Towels

2x certified organic face  Towels

Color: Driftwood

Just up the road in Balgowlah, and another shop in Mosman.

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 *One  voucher for a term of classes at Djazzex – dance, yoga or  pilates . (value $140)

Dance yoga or pilates for any age!!

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*Two Reusable Glowsticks,  Logbook folder, Two Scubapro hats & shirts  donated by Dive Centre Manly

For Scuba diving. One for you& your buddy – not more toxic single use cyalume glowsticks on your nightdives and you’ll look great in the Scubapro hats and shirts!

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*Two Hands Project cleanup kit (value-priceless)

One clean up bucket, gloves, sticker and Two Hands Project CHEEKI waterbottle!

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*Billabong Board shorts (value $79)

Made of RPET …. That’s recycled bottles!!! RECYCLER SERIES – ECO Airlite Stretch Size 33

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*Raffle Prizes.

TBA :) Lots of great stuff!

 

 

 

 

 

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2012 Tsunami Debris Voyage Fundraiser in Manly!

Paul from Two Hands Project has been invited to join Algalita Marine Research Foundation and 5 Gyres on the first scientific survey of the Japanese tsunami Debris field!

To help raise the funds for the journey Murray’s at Manly are hosting an awesome event on May 15th, save the date! Check out the attached flyer.

Wendy Harmer, comedian and editor of The Hoopla will be our MC!

Andrew Lutze from Cunninghams will be Auctioneer  on the evening, auctioning  our brilliant auction items from our supporters! Check them out!

Auction goodies

All our Auction Items are posted for review on the following link, Far too many Awesome things too post here :)

Auction and Raffle Items 

We are still accepting donations of awesome items for an auction on the night, experiences/activities are great, no plastic packaging a must. Pre loved items of value are also encouraged :) email info@twohandsproject.org if you can contribute to the auction pool!

Thanks to the Plastic Ocean Project for our brilliant poster artwork and ART by COWBOY for poster design.

If you are in Sydney we’d love to see you at Murray’s at Manly on the 15th May! Tell all your friends!

You can still support the voyage even if you can’t make the fundraiser by contributing on our crowdfunding page  at indiegogo.com/tsunamisurvey or by clicking the Paypal Donate tab on the right of this page.

 

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Expedition: Whitsundays Clean Up February 2012

Two Hands Project founder Paul and co-founder Silke

Two Hands Project founder Paul and co-founder Silke

The Two Hands Project team, Paul Sharp (founder) and Silke Stuckenbrock (co-founder), were lucky enough to have the opportunity to sail around the Whitsundays as part of a week long Two Hands Project.

Paul was interviewed by Channel Whitsundays while there:

We found alot of bottle caps, bottles and toothbrushes during our clean ups.

Some of the plastic pollution in the Whitsundays

It’s a a remarkable thing to note that – of all the beaches that the Two Hands Project team have seen in Australia (and we have seen quite a few) – several of the beaches in the Whitsundays were the worst affected by plastic pollution.

Two Hands Project Team with Ben Ware from Whitsundays Plastic Pollution

Two Hands Project Team with Ben Ware from Whitsundays Plastic Pollution

We also got the chance to go diving and snorkelling too, so it wasn’t all clean ups and no play ;)

Two Hands Project Founder Paul with Ben Ware from Whitsundays Plastic Pollution...and some of the plastic collected in the tinny behind the boat

We were taken around the Whitsundays by local Ben Ware: awesome guide, passionate on solving the problem of plastic pollution in the Whitsundays and genuine all round decent human being.  You can see more of what Ben does on his Facebook Page: Whitsundays Plastic Pollution.

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Celebrating our volunteers: Let’s hear it for the mermaids

Check out Sarah Mermaid’s story:

Sarah Mermaid is a Two Hands Project participant based in Sydney, Australia.

She also holds sustainable workshops for kids and adults where they reuse plastic found on the beach – turning them into works of art!

These straws have been used for approximately 10 minutes – they have another 300-400 years to live! Let’s make some cool mermaid art!

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Tips: Collection Triage

If you either:

  • are in a hurry and don’t have the full 30 minutes to collect, or
  • there is a heap of rubbish, beyond what you could collect in 30 mins, or
  •  you don’t have a bag or container to collate your rubbish, so you can only collect what you can hold in two hands

You can still productively collect waste and reduce risk to wildlife. You just need to practice some collection triage.

Prioritise collecting items that will do the most damage to wildlife or which have the potential to do the most harm.

Two Hands Project at Melbourne's Docklands

Two Hands Project at Melbourne's Docklands

Quickie two hands project rationale:

In a quickie or limited Two Hands clean up scenario, we’d suggest you focus on collecting waste that will do the most damage as the priority with anything else you gather being in the nice to have basket.

Things to prioritise:

We’d suggest the following types of items pose the most threat.

  • plastic bags and plastic packaging (e.g. carry bags, bait bags, chip packets, chocolate wrappers)
  • small hard plastic (e.g. bottle tops)
  • fishing line
  • fishing gear (e.g. hooks, lures, reels)
  • anything that poses an entanglement risk (e.g. hair ties, rope, nets, rubber bands, items with strings or loops, packing tape)
  • balloons

[NB - this isn't an extensive list and it this will depend on your locale and native wildlife, but it does give you a good starting point if you do need to do collection triage.]

Some nice to haves

Things that are nice to have, but not as pressing to collect:

  • straws
  • cardboard objects (cigarette boxes, food packets)
  • drink bottles
  • cans
  • food/takeaway containers

 

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Welcome to Two Hands Project

Two Hands Project is all about what you can do with your two hands to clean up our world.

Take two hands and 30 minutes to clean up (y)our world anytime, anywhere.

Two Hands Project co-founder Silke at Forster

Two Hands Project co-founder Silke at Forster

Make sure you like our Facebook Page: facebook.com/twohandsproject or follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/2handsproject to connect with us and see people from around the world sharing their Two Hands photos and stories!


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