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Businesses such as Live Wire Park, The Branding Company, HAH cafe, Lorne Central and the Aquatic Club jumped on board to support the patrol group. Live Wire even donated green shirts to help the group stand out to the public.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause we are ourselves supporting local business, local business is in turn supporting us,\u201d Mr McCormack said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt Live Wire Park, Chris and Luke (Nisbet) have been super generous in supplying three-and-a-half dozen t-shirts for the group. I only have two left, so I think we\u2019ll need to do another run of shirts soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are also getting the young ones involved. At our last clean-up we had a couple of participants bring their grandchildren along.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great to see everyone getting involved and that mindset just seems to keep growing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr McCormack said there are beach cleaning groups throughout the Surf Coast in areas and towns such as Anglesea, Aireys Inlet, Wye River, Kennett River stretching all the way down to Warrnambool.<\/p>\n
He hopes other popular towns such as Torquay and Jan Juc can follow in their footsteps.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe social aspect of the group provides the Lorne Beach Patrol with its best quality. People will pair up with someone they don\u2019t know, pick up rubbish for an hour-and-a-half and talk the whole time, and we all have a coffee at the end.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom that point-of-view, it\u2019s great to get to know people from all over town and that\u2019s a real positive out of all of it. We all share a common interest in getting things done.\u201d<\/p>\n
If you are interested in joining the Lorne Beach Patrol for one of its monthly beach cleans, the group meets in front of the HAH cafe on the first Sunday of each month at 8.30am. Equipment is supplied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A GROUP of determined Lorne residents conducting monthly beach cleans is leading the way on the Surf Coast to keep the Great Ocean Road\u2019s biggest attractions in pristine shape. The Lorne Beach Patrol is less than a year old, but its work in keeping the coastal town\u2019s main beach free of plastic and rubbish is […]<\/p>\n