Australia - NT - Arnhem Land Marine Rescue Project

One of Australia's most beautiful coastlines, North East Arnhem Land enjoys the custodianship of its traditional owners, the Yolngu Aboriginal people. While it is virtually free from development, this coastline faces a real environmental threat from marine debris. Discarded fishing nets, rubber footwear, empty bottles and plastic bags are all carried in by the currents and deposited on the Arnhem Land coast. This waste is generated elsewhere but is a major threat to local wildlife, with animals choking on plastic rubbish and snared in discarded fishing nets.

Alongside local Yolngu Aboriginal Rangers of Dhimurru and Laynhapuy Land Management, we will traverse the coast on foot and by 4WD to collect, catalogue and dispose of this rubbish. We will scout for turtles and other marine wildlife entangled in nets, freeing the animals where possible. This project combats a modern problem using high-tech techniques combined with traditional Yolngu Aboriginal knowledge and understanding of the land, sea and wildlife.

DAY 1: Arrive Gove, community project briefing and travel to base camp
DAYS 2 & 3: Yolngu cultural experience with Aboriginal Community
DAY 4 to 6: Community project work with Dhimurru or Laynhapuy rangers along coastline
DAY 7: Return to Gove, trip concludes in Gove

Operated by World Expeditions

Departures: September only * subject to change