Sandcastles for Sanctuaries

The third event of the Summer Sanctuary Series is a team sand-castle building competition, where teams will use their imagination and creative talents to form marine themed letters- that will spell out "Save Our Marine Life". 

Sand sculpture by Steve Machell to entice supporters to join a sand sculpting workshop for World Ocean Day, 2008

WHAT?  Sandcastle building competition, band & BBQ

WHEN?  Sunday, Mar 21st @ 9:30am. Participants have from 10.15am - 11.45am to make their sandcastle. By 12:30pm the judges will have made their decision! 

WHERE? Scarborough Main Beach, meet at the southern end of the Amphitheatre.

WHY?  You can help save WA's amazing sea life by signing one of our letters or postcards to  Environment Ministers Peter Garrett and Donna Faragher, asking for large marine sanctuaries to be established in the Kimberley and our unique South-West.

WHAT TO BRING?  Sandcastle building materials such as buckets, spades & sun protection! (let us know if you need gear & we'll try to help out)

When you arrive please register and meet up with your team of 5 people. Don't have a team of 5? Don't worry! We'll be making up teams, so if its just you and your mate, that's ok but you do need to pre-register.

You can download the competition guidelines here.

Each team will build a sandcastle letter to spell out 'Save Our Marine Life' in a giant message at Scarborough Beach. There will be awesome prizes for the team that makes the best marine themed sandcastle.There will also be a BBQ & a number of stalls highlighting the importance of conservation action.

Our guest judges are Karina Carvalho (ABC news), Renae Williams (TWS campaigner) & Jean-Marc Rivalland (2010 winner of ‘Sculptures by the Sea’).

Special thanks to local Scarborough restaurants - Zanders Restaurant, and Rendezvous Observation City Hotel for their generous donations of prizes for this event.

To attend this event PLEASE RSVP your full name, email address and suburb of residence via email to The Wilderness Society Perth Office or alternatively ph: (08) 9420 7255

Did you know? Less than 1% of WA's marine life is protected.