Don't Destroy what you came to Enjoy!

S.A.N.E Promoting awareness and understanding of coastal conservation issues.

Bells Beach is unlike anywhere else in the world. It is a unique part of the Australian coastline and has a special place in surfing culture. SANE (Surfers Aprreciating Natural Environment) seeks to protect and enhance the reserve's natural beauty and that of the surrounding bushland.

For thousands of years waves, generated from the southern oceans of Australia, have travelled hundreds of kilometres to break over the reefs of Bells Beach and help make it one of the best surfing beaches in the world. The reefs, with a great variety of marine life, rugged cliffs, species-rich heathland and unique coastal woodlands of the Surf Coast all combine to make up the beautifully diverse Bells Beach surfing Reserve.

Unfortunately 50 years of visitors to the Bells area has taken its toll, damaging eco-systems and land significantly. Since 1988 SANE, in an effort to preserve the destructive trend has:

• replanted indigenous species
• removed introduced plants / weeds
• held regular working bees
• initiated murals being painted on locla amenity blocks
• active in a range of community issues and activities

MARINE NATIONAL PARKS
SANE belives that at no other time in history has the need to understand the marine environment been more urgent. SANE supports the establishment of a comprehensive network of Marine Parks, specifically at Pt. Addis. Marine Parks are part of the world wide push for sustainable development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future.

Although SANE is primarily a surfer's organisation, we also welcome and encourage all people who share similar aims about the need to protect natural environments to join us in our attempts at saving the coast.

So rather than watching nature docos on TV, why not join SANE and do something positive for your environment. Your energy and ideas will be appreciated...