Swim for the Reef

Hi swimmers,

You may have seen our recent email, and the news is true:

𝐖𝐞'𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐟!

Swim for the Reef is always a highlight of our year - something we look forward to and love taking part in every summer. But with exciting changes happening at EDO and a flood of climate and environmental litigation and law reform work, we've decided to defer this summer's Swim for the Reef.

We'd like to take a moment to sincerely thank you for all your support so far that's enabled us to do great legal work to protect our Reef. Through your colossal effort, we've raised nearly $𝟮𝟱𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 and swam over 𝟭,𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀! It's been an incredible display of support and community, and we tip our snorkel to everyone who dove in and took part.

𝗪𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸-𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗲𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿!

Dear Musgrave Park Swimmers,

The Musgrave Park Pool, West End, is closing for 18 months for renovations from 5pm Easter Monday 22 April.
Why not drop by for a swim and a chat that Monday from 12 noon- 5pm?
At the request of managers Alan and Ella, there will be a small number of casual fun races in the afternoon at 3:30pm.
It’s going to be adhoc, maybe bring your inflatables and some food to share.

Hope to see you there

Cheers, Jo Bragg

Thank you swimmers and supporters! Swim for the Reef has raised a staggering $70.5 thousand dollars, all going to the Environmental Defenders Office Qld! We are absolutely over the moon at this fantastic result! 216 swimmers have swum 488 kilometres this year and you all did it with such style! We can’t wait to see you all in 2020. Until then just keep on splashin’!

Everyday Hero Australia: Swim For The Reef 2019 The 2019 Swim For The Reef is set to be the biggest yet, with swimmers far and wide limbering up and getting ready for the wettest, wildest fundraiser of the year. Whether you're counting laps, doing a team relay, or just having a poolside party - there are so many ways to join in and raise money fo...

Meet the Magnetic Island Sweetlips!

They are a team of twelve environmentally-conscious Magnetic Island residents who swam over 100 kilometres for Swim for The Reef 2019, and raised a stunning $2,489.

The Great Barrier Reef is important to the Magnetic Island Sweetlips as their location means they can see first-hand the impacts of various activities on the Reef, particularly climate change.

“It’s part of our daily living, being in the Great Barrier Reef environment, so we can see the pressures on the Reef and we want to help the environment of Magnetic Island and the region.”

As Magnetic Island is mostly a National Park within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, the team believes it is important, as residents, to contribute to the conservation of the Reef for present and future generations.

The idea to set up the team drew on the experience of one of its members, Lea, who participated in this campaign as an individual swimmer last year. By creating the Magnetic Island Sweetlips, the team hopes to generate more participation of local residents in this campaign as most of the other teams involved are city and southside based.

“We care about what happens to the environment around us and want to see it protected for future generations and the many people that currently come to visit from Australia and overseas. We want to ensure that our passion translates into further support for the proper stewardship and management of the Reef in 2019.”

Thank you Magnetic Island Sweetlips! Your efforts and enthusiasm have been awesome!

We had a smashing time at the Swim for the Reef Yeronga last weekend! A big huge thank you to the wonderful people at the Yeronga Park Swimming Complex for having us! Thank you to the teams who came along on the day :) We’ve been busy counting and tallying up everyone’s laps and we are completely over the moon with everyone’s efforts in the pool! Stay tuned for more details!

Together this group of Calamari has fried up a massive 385 laps as part of an astounding 25 kilometres!!!
You can donate to this incredible group of cephalopods here

Help The Calamari Burgers make a difference The Environmental Defenders Office does amazing work for our community. This is not without it's cost, and if taking action helps them defend the reef it's super important we do so! We're trying to raise funds and swim as far as we can, so please either get involved or donate through this page!