06/08/2026
🌊 We're back! New date announced! 🌊
Unfortunately, our original 11 July event had to be postponed due to wet weather, which wasn't suitable for a microplastic search. Wet sand makes it much harder to sift and spot the tiny plastics we're looking for.
📅 Sunday, 23 August 2026
🕘 Registrations from 9.00am
📍 Front Beach, Hopetoun
Join us for the Hopetoun Microplastic Search—a community event with a difference!
Instead of focusing on the larger rubbish we can easily see, we'll be searching for microplastics: tiny pieces of plastic that often go unnoticed, remain in our environment for decades, and are easily mistaken for food by marine life.
Please bring:
🥣 A sieve (if you have one)
🫙 A jar or reusable container for collecting
Don't have a sieve? No worries! We've now got plenty available to borrow on the day. Just remember to bring your own collection container.
After your search:
⚖️ Bring your collection back to the weigh station.
🌭 Enjoy a free sausage sizzle (for registered participants).
🎟️ Every registered participant goes into the draw to win a prize!
🌿 Still feeling motivated?
After you've enjoyed a sausage sizzle, we'll have rubbish bags available if you'd like to continue your morning by collecting larger marine debris around Hopetoun. Every little bit helps!
☕ Need to warm up afterwards?
Salty Sips will be open for coffee, hot chocolate and a bite to eat after the event.
Whether you stay for 20 minutes or the whole morning, we'd love to see you there. Come along, learn something new, enjoy a morning on the beach and help protect our coastline.
💙 See you at Front Beach!
