Cleaning up the Whitsunday coast on World Turtle Day Eco Barge Clean Seas volunteers invite Whitsundays visitors and residents to join them at a community clean up event on World Turtle Day. Picture: Supplied. Community Staff writers Premium Content Subscriber only Whitsunday residents and visitors are invited to join a community clean up event this Sunday, May 23 to mark World Turtle Day. Hosted by Eco Barge Clean Seas and Cruise Whitsundays, the land-based event aims to prevent local litter becoming marine debris, and in turn help the marine environment and all its wildlife survive and thrive. Wear sun smart clothes and enclosed shoes and head down to the Cruise Whitsundays Terminal from 9am to 11.30am to do your bit to keep our iconic town and oceans pristine.