SAMUEL McLennan’s raft, built entirely from rubbish and waste found on Tasmania’s coastline and waterways, is tied up at the San Remo Jetty at the moment.
He’s been in the Western Port area for more than a month now, previously located at Rhyll.
Go down and take a look before he picks a nice day to ship off to Port Phillip Bay in the next week or so.
Plenty of others already have, including most of the area’s school kids.
And take a look at his ‘Project Interrupt’ website where you’ll find all sorts of cool stuff about his journey from Tasmania to Sydney and beyond, why he’s doing it and you can also make a donation to his Mycause appeal, raising awareness of ocean and coastal rubbish, and also mental health. Click HERE
Or click HERE to make a donation.
The raft, which looks surprisingly seaworthy, was created on a property near Port Arthur in Southern Tasmania and underwent sea trials in nearby waters before being made ready for departure in April last year.
“It’s been really good,” he says about the performance of the raft to date.
“We hit seven metre swells crossing Bass Strait but
Samuel is willing to challenge himself and many others beliefs’ by sailing the vessel from Hobart to Sydney and beyond and he has significant global experience in many disciplines.
“It’s been great visiting South Gippsland and Western Port but it’s time to move on,” said Samuel this week.
“When the weather’s right, I’ll sail around into Port Phillip Bay, spend a bit of time there and then come back this way when I head off for NSW and Sydney.
“This is a project to interrupt the way human beings think, speak and act about themselves and other people, because the current result is waste showing up in the environment,” said Samuel.
And that goes for mental health too, the way our work and lifestyles are putting pressure back on us and our friends and family.
Joining him on this leg of the journey is film maker and journalist Otis Filley who plans to shoot a documentary after the voyage along the way.
