Just an FYI, a broken, washed-up Hyperdeemic nurdle stuck my friend in the heel, last friday.

Nice.

Can you tell the council?

I tried to tell the council last time I found some there. What number do you call to notify the council?

When i was teaching kiting my young student found one also. (3 years ago)

City of Port Phillip council 03 9209 6777

My 1st lesson was at st kilda and needle in my foot after doing body drags in the sand , just before xmas so it was not great time But was ok THANK GOD And did not have a lesson again 3 years later at Middle Brighton So take care at all melbourne beaches with storm water drains outlets

winwil said..

I was walking around today on the exposed sandy bottom at the very low tide and was happy to see a relatively clean sandy surface with the odd rock in the kiddies pool until I saw a broken wine glass in about 4 large extremely sharp bits pointing upwards stuck in the sand . I hate to think the injury this piece of junk could have caused. I dumped them in the nearest garbage bin, but it shows you the need for some caution in St kilda.

Good on you iwinwil.

And I guess what with this being 'party season' extra care needs to be taken as I'm sure there is plenty of party revellers off their chops on drink and drugs, leaving their detritus for us to clean up by hand (or foot!).

FreeRyder said..

How about a clean up Kite beach & k pool day?

I'll organize it chat to council & let us make our Waters a new mission to get clean & lobby for WSUD on all port phillip streets

How about we speak to National parks and tell them "to leave it the way they found it" That is their motto for national parks and they have left our beach full of rocks and a massive sand bar.

I'm up for clean up day. I reckon it is preceeded by the council tractor though, they can groom the beach and get most of it, we can get the rest.

Hi guys, the standard of work on the new marina (running late, issues with the construction, shoddy work from what I could see this weekend) is a pretty good indicator of the contractor's attitude. I hadn't been to St K for a while and I was amazed how much sand had been left behind - I wasn't aware of rocks left over from the breakwater. At least the sand will wash away over time.

Needles etc have always been an issue with St Kilda - I know it's pretty cold comfort but the chances of catching anything from an old needle is extreme remote but make sure your boosters are up to date esp Tetanus and Hep.

On point 5, once the marina is complete, the boats moored to the piles will be moved over to the marina and the piles will be removed. At the end of it all kiters will have a larger kiddy pool space.

And on that note, on Saturday evening I saw loads of guys riding up close to the pier, around the yacht club slipway. We're not supposed to be there with very good reason.

EDIT: regarding the clean up idea, I know it's a way off, but I'm pretty sure Kite Republic set up a group to clean up the beach area on Clean Up Australia Day (2 March)