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Recycle Day is organised by Care For Hedland with the help of Toxfree and PTES. Skip bins for paper/cardboard, hard plastics and glass, as well as a bag for aluminium cans, are available for two hours from 8am until 10am on the second Saturday of every month.

Two locations: South Hedland shopping centre carpark AND Port Hedland Turf Club.

All recycling must be clean with NO FOOD RESIDUE and correctly sorted. Talk to our volunteers on the day if you aren’t sure of what is accepted and pick up a free recycling guide!

Adopt-A-Spot clean ups run on the third and fourth Saturday of every month. Help out at Hamilton road on the third Saturday of February to beautify the town and make a difference to our environment!

7am-8:30am. Don’t forget to bring a hat, sunscreen and a water bottle!

2018-19 has been another massive season for turtle monitoring and we will be celebrating with dinner, presentations and awards for our top volunteers! If you’ve volunteered over the season, RSVP to Jo at coordinator@careforhedland.org.au and join us for our end of season dinner!

Location: Pilbara Room

Date: Saturday 23rd February

Time: 6pm

RSVP essential.

Care For Hedland will be holding its annual turtle training weekend on the 27th and 28th October, to prepare Hedland residents for Flatbacks who nest on our beaches! The two sessions are separate and very different, so please try to attend both! 

All welcome to attend, including children. Training is free!
RSVP to Association Coordinator Jo Smith at coordinator@careforhedland.org.au by Monday 22nd October.

Theory session – MUST RSVP
Date: Saturday 27th October
Location: Gateway Village, 901 Nimingarra Court South Hedland
Time: 10am-2pm (lunch included)
Hear from this season’s turtle coordinators and learn about the plight of our Flatback turtles, what the monitoring program involves and what to expect as a turtle volunteer! Turtle merchandise and volunteer shirts available for purchase on the day.

Practical session
Date: Sunday 28th October
Location: Cemetery Beach (meet at turtle interpretive centre)
Time: 8-9am
Morning track monitoring training led by the morning turtle coordinator, followed by breakfast at the Ibis Styles Hotel

Watch the amazing phenomenon of the Staircase to the Moon each month while perusing local wares at the nearby markets. One of Port Hedland’s biggest tourist attractions happens every month between April and October – not to be missed! See Care For Hedland’s stall for turtle merchandise and plenty of goodies from 5-8pm. The markets are held at Discovery Parks, on Taylor Street Port Hedland.

Market dates:
30th April
30th May
29th June
28th July
27th August
25th September
25th October