WELCOME TO SANE

SANE support for a plastic bag free Torquay campaign

Surfers Appreciating Natural Environment (SANE) is a community-based environment group who have been caring for the coastal Bells Beach Reserve for over twenty years. We are very aware of the numerous threats it faces; not least being the threat of litter, in particular plastics. Indeed, during the early 1990s SANE produced a video called ‘Green Bells’ which tackled amongst other issues, the problem of plastics entering the marine environment. Therefore, it is with great excitement that we note the formation of your new group Plastic Bag Free Torquay. We wish you all the best in your endeavours and hope that your submission for funding is received favourably. We would also very much like to be kept in the loop with any new developments. If we can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact us.

Regards,

Graeme Stockton

(on behalf of the SANE executive)

Anyone interested in assisting in the campaign should attend a meeting at the Sandbar on June 30 at 6:00pm or email Monica at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

WELCOME TO SANE

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...

Impact on Jan Juc creek and its estuary from stormwater reuse

Surfers Appreciating Natural Environment (SANE) is a local, community-based environmental group that has worked on restoration of coastal cliff top flora at Bells Beach for just over twenty years. We are mindful of our reliance and inter-connectedness to other like-minded groups across Torquay and Jan Juc. Needless to say, it is the determined longitudinal efforts by many within this community that have successfully recreated contiguous habitat over large sections of our coastline. Without these groups doing what they do, Torquay and Jan Juc would be a much poorer place to live. Jan Juc Creek has an important role to play as a connecting coast to hinterland wildlife corridor. It is with this in mind that the SANE committee raises our concerns about the water harvesting proposal for Jan Juc Creek.

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