Exmouth’s Wobiri Wahines clean up Wobiri beach

A group of avid surfers in Exmouth took part in a clean up of Wobiri beach to give back to the beach that has given them so much. The Wobiri Wahines, an all-female surfer group in Exmouth, took part in a clean up of the beach last month collecting three big bags of rubbish. The Wahines were formed in 2017 and meet early every Wednesday morning on SUP boards, longboards, shortboards and bodyboards to ride the waves and encourage each other. Wobiri Wahines founder Naomi Mallin said there was always rubbish left behind on the beach by visitors. “Especially during the tourist season there’s always a lot of rubbish that’s lived on the beaches and it’s really disappointing to see because we’ve got such beautiful pristine beaches and there’s this rubbish here that gets left behind,” she said. “Wobiri beach gives so much to us, as in being able to surf there, all the turtles that come down there, turtle hatchlings. It’s just a beautiful beach to walk.” She said the group found a variety of rubbish during the clean up including thongs, children’s toys and the usual bottles and food wrappers. “We just want to look after our beach,” she said. “We go there and we do see over the tourist season just how much rubbish actually is left on the beaches. “It’s just amazing. I just would ask people to be a bit more mindful.”