Our mission is to minimise the threat marine debris has on our aquatic environment saving our turtles and marine mammals from entanglement and eventual death.
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Together we can continue to clean the Whitsunday Region and expand our horizon to clean other regions in desperate need of rubbish removal from the beaches. Thank you for helping heal the damage that plastic pollution is having on our precious marine life. Eco Barge Services is always looking for like minded organisations to join hands in helping clean our environment.
If your business or organisation is interested in becoming a sponsor for Eco Barge Services, please contact us and we will reply to your email as soon as possible.
Reef Catchments
has been our strongest support to date with sponsoring six trips and helping the Eco Barge collect 3,281 kilos of marine debris since our launch of the project in July 2009.
Reef Catchments are a community-based, not-for-profit organisation which fosters collaborative management of the Mackay and Whitsunday region's natural resources by government, industry, and community groups.
Zest Design has donated this wonderful website to Eco Barge Services to help promote the Eco Barges accomplishments on marine debris removal in our local region, and to help our volunteers register for upcoming Eco Barge trips to collect the marine debris.
Zest Design is an award winning design studio creating innovative and unprecedented visual communication in print and multimedia. They have a strong team creating unique designs, providing quality products by required deadlines, deliver value for money and supply a high level of client service.
Jane Turner the Director of Prose PR is a strong support for Eco Barge Services. Prose PR have made our promotional video you can watch on this website and they inform all local media on our marine debris project. Prose PR is a very professional and highly effective Public Relations Consultancy, we are lucky to have their team working for the Eco Barge Services Project.
ROTARY is a worldwide organisation of more than 1.2 million business and professional men and women who are acknowledged leaders in their communities and who put the ideal of service into action. Rotarians are pledged to maintain high ethical standards in their vocations and to serve their own communities as they advance international understanding and peace.
Charter Yachts Australia is the first local business in the Airlie Beach region to sponsor an Eco Barge Trip to collect the marine debris from the Whitsunday Islands. This shows their dedication to their clients to help keep the Whitsunday Islands pristine whilst sailing around the Whitsundays.
Charter Yachts Australia is setting high standards in all aspects of the bare boat industry. Charter Yachts Australia is based at Able Point Marina, Airlie Beach. Its is an Australian owned and operated business established in 1992. Charter Yachts Australia friendly and professional crew meticulously prepare their modern fleet of vessels to explore the magical Whitsunday Islands.
Whitsunday Lions Club is a local community based organisation and run the famous Airlie Beach Markets every Saturday. With their profits of the market stalls the Whitsunday Lions club put directly back into our local region to help where ever needed.
The Whitsunday Lions Club have sponsored a trip to the islands for the Eco Barge to collect marine debris and will sponsor more trips in the near future to help keep our project ongoing for this region.
Edges Boat Yard is a strong support for the operation of Eco Barge Services. They donate their boat yard for the haul-out and relaunch and hardstand for the Eco Barge. Edges Boat Yard have donated a berth for the Eco Barge. Thank you David Edge for your support with this project!!
Edges Boat Yard is situated in the heart of the Whitsundays. Their travel lift has a lifting capacity of 35 tonnes and can take vessels up to 65 feet.
Airlie Paradise Printing have helped Eco Barge Services by printing the much needed brochures, this is a very generous offer by the owner Shane Henshall. If you would like some of our brochures Please contact us via this site. Airlie Paradise Printing use environmentally friendly inks & chemical free plates they print in-house locally and are renowned in Airlie Beach for their high quality service.
