KEEPING OUR BEACHES CLEAN

the beach has always been my favourite place, and the ocean as well. and what hurts me most is when i see people disrespecting these places and treating them as though they don't even care at all. leaving litter everywhere, taking our oceans and our beaches for granted. so much rubbish and litter that you see on the beach end up in the oceans, and killing the marine life in it.
recently my friend and fellow beach an ocean lover were on the beach when i noticed a massive bit of ghost rope we picked it up and as we kept walking found more and more rubbish on the beach.
all this rubbish you see on the beach ends up in the ocean, did you know that it is estimated that 13000 pieces of rubbish, plastic and litter is found in every square kilometre of the ocean? with over 8 million pieces of plastic entering the sea EACH YEAR!! 60% of marine rubbish is made up of plastics and around 100,000 marine animals (and turtles) are getting killed by this each year!! we must put a stop to this because together we are future and we need to spread the word about the damage humans are doing to our oceans and marine life.

this was all the rubbish we found in a radius of about 200 metres.

and this was from 100 metres

i am currently working on more art, film and photography on this for a project so stay tuned

THE COVE >> DOLPHIN PROJECT

have you ever heard of the cove?  - the cove is a dolphin drive in Taiji, Japan where from September till the end of march the hunt and kill dolphins to sell their meat or for captivity. dolphin project are an organisation helping to get the word out about this.  they get a team out to Taiji for the whole hunting period and keep you updated and posted on what's happening.

dolphin hunting is horrible. they hunters kill the dolphins and sell the meat , or sell them to sea parks and zoo's and introduce them to a life of captivity where they will probable never see the ocean again and be forced to do tricks all day long for peoples 'entertainment'.

before the documentary 'the cove' came out, the dolphin hunters were authorized to capture and kill 2300+ dolphins, since then it has been taken down to 16000. the hunters will herd a pod of dolphins into shallow water, before the documentary 'the cove'  they would stab the dolphins with long spears or fishing hooks, the amount of cruelty was outreageous. since then they have altered their killing methods.

some of this stuff is too cruel, to gruesome to even think about. what made humans do this?  how can we let this happen? together we can help the dolphin project put an end to this. we can get the word out about the cove and the drive fisheries and put an end to them.

how can you help?? you can help by spreading the word about this and dolphin project. you can also go to their website and donate. 

another big problem we are being faced with is - dolphin captivity.   you can read all about this on just a bit beachy blog as part of our collab.

all the information and images in this post was from the dolphin project website and for updates about the drive fisheries and other things you can follow them on instaG. 

MISSING SUMMER

well hey there !
it feels like it's been ages since i last posted on here but it hasn't really....but it has been a while since i showed you guys more QLD pics!
i cannot tell you how stoked i am for summer!! it's craaaaazy ahye
as much as i love love love winter it's time to bring on the warmer weather!! i miss them salty surf sessions and beach swims and photo taking!!!  wth i could live in an enternal summer!
but winter's good too..it means i could stay warm and cozy inside watching the olympics!! hell yehh guys, yah been watching it?? idk bout you but i just love the olympics. and i think Australia did AWESOME!-ly this year! and i am stoked for the 2020 olympics to be held in the magical place of Tokyo! I always like to wonder if somebody i know will be competing in the future olympics...
recently due to the harsh winter weather i have been cooking heaps! i love baking and always say to myself "put up a recipe post for gods sake" never seems to happen does it...nah. but it will!! trust me...lotsss more food type posts to come haha for sure!!

I should stop chatting about random things now and get onto the post!! this post features even more underwater photog!! man it's unreal. i luv it lots. these photos were taken in a pool. It makes them very clear and BLUE (fave colour ahye) but i personally prefer ones taken in the saltiness of the ocean... i think it's because it adds an element of surprise not knowing if the picture you just took will be clear or not..it's lotsa fun times, which is why i'm so stoked for summer to come quicker!!  so scroll down and take a peak at the photos ocean lovers and i'll see yah next time   xx

PALM COVE

hello again!

remember me? yeah I'm that girl that likes to blog but sometimes can't because she's away.

I'M BACK PEOPLE! yasss, it felt so good coming home yesterday! opening the door and seeing zoe (our dog) get overly excited about seeing us, and seeing my bedroom again, it felt like it had been ages even though it had only been 2 weeks.the feeling is even better when its been 2 months! (in 2013/2014 we went overseas for 2 months) but i am not enjoying the weather here..IT'S FREEZING!! i'm already missing the palm cove sun and beach, counting down the days till summer!!

if you were wondering we i went, my family and I went to Palm cove (which is just outside of cairns) for 2 weeks to relax and take a much needed break! on these holidays my family and I pretty much do nothing! or you could say we do the same thing everyday! wake up, eat brekky, go to VIVO (fave cafe) for milkshakes and coffee, swim, go to the beach, get some NUMI ice cream and RELAX!!

I took HEAPS of photos while we were away and i'm stoked to share them with you! I even filmed so i'll be making a little film about it! below are some random pics i took on the 2 weeks we were away..hope you enjoy! xx

 mist over the mountains

 i wore my saltwater sandals to death over there!!

 raspberry sorbet (mine) and salted caramel (dads
)
My fave flavours at numb ice cream are: raspberry sorbet, caramel and mint chic!

 NuNu own Numi ice cream, they're a really good restaurant to go to!!

tiny  treasures