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encompassed the largest geographic distance for surveys around mainland Australia (see Section 5.2for details).Figure 3. Map showing means of access to each CSIRO coastal debris survey site around mainland Australia andTasmania.In addition to the “Scientist for a Day” program, and the week long at-sea field excursion, we conductedfour land based week long intensive field trips. These intensive trips included:- North Stradbroke Island (24-30 September 2013) with 8 teachers/educators- Phillip Island (11-14 October 2012) with 9 teachers/educators- Phillip Island (9-13 April 2013) with 10 teachers/educators- Rottnest Island (18-20 April 2013) with 8 Shell staffActivities for the intensive expeditions were varied, but included coastal debris surveys, at-sea surface trawlsurveys (and associated sorting of debris), necropsies of turtles and seabirds, spectrophotometry14 | Understanding the effects of marine debris on wildlife