from Rod and Clare Gardener…via email :”You’re asking what is the most interesting piece of litter we’ve found in Zeekoevlei – some years ago I found a perfectly intact and very likely brand new baby cot mattress which had washed up in the green finger opposite our house. I cleaned it up and dried it out and passed it to someone who is involved with a children’s home in Wellington. During the first year of the draw down someone found the yacht club’s blackboard which had fallen off the back of the club bridge boat several years before.
Cheers and have a great community day.
Clare and Rod.”
Stewart Millet found a dead guy once, reported it, the police said they would send someone… 3 years later the police phoned him to ask if he still had the guys wallet???
During the first draw down we found a live hand grenade behind the parliamentary houses near the Groot Lotus. The police bomb squad came to defuse it … the EPWP worker that found it proudly picked it up to show them; enthusiastically waving it around – the bomb squad hit the deck in short order! The EPWP worker got the idea and slowly put it down and walked away a bit ashen faced.
Plenty of dead dogs, couches and several TV’s (not in working order!) over the years.
Thanks to all who braved the polluted waters of Zeekoevlei to remove floating litter.
Some 47 black bags of litter were collected on Saturday, most of them from the island off the Peninsula. This area is extremely difficult to access during the draw down and clearing litter here is on practical by boat.
Interesting items of litter removed on Sat were, a car bumper, a high heeled shoe (no body attached), a vacuum cleaner (with some attachments!) and a live fish in a plastic bag. The latter item was fittingly recovered by Mike (from the Two Oceans aquarium), who managed to set the fish free.
I picked up a wheely bin, complete and functional –
from Rod and Clare Gardener…via email :”You’re asking what is the most interesting piece of litter we’ve found in Zeekoevlei – some years ago I found a perfectly intact and very likely brand new baby cot mattress which had washed up in the green finger opposite our house. I cleaned it up and dried it out and passed it to someone who is involved with a children’s home in Wellington. During the first year of the draw down someone found the yacht club’s blackboard which had fallen off the back of the club bridge boat several years before.
Cheers and have a great community day.
Clare and Rod.”
Stewart Millet found a dead guy once, reported it, the police said they would send someone… 3 years later the police phoned him to ask if he still had the guys wallet???
During the first draw down we found a live hand grenade behind the parliamentary houses near the Groot Lotus. The police bomb squad came to defuse it … the EPWP worker that found it proudly picked it up to show them; enthusiastically waving it around – the bomb squad hit the deck in short order! The EPWP worker got the idea and slowly put it down and walked away a bit ashen faced.
Plenty of dead dogs, couches and several TV’s (not in working order!) over the years.
Thanks to all who braved the polluted waters of Zeekoevlei to remove floating litter.
Some 47 black bags of litter were collected on Saturday, most of them from the island off the Peninsula. This area is extremely difficult to access during the draw down and clearing litter here is on practical by boat.
Interesting items of litter removed on Sat were, a car bumper, a high heeled shoe (no body attached), a vacuum cleaner (with some attachments!) and a live fish in a plastic bag. The latter item was fittingly recovered by Mike (from the Two Oceans aquarium), who managed to set the fish free.
Thanks again to all!