Plastiki arrives in Sydney, Australia from San Francisco
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26 Jul 2010 - 18 Jan 2016
After sailing more than 8,000 nautical miles and spending 128 days crossing the Pacific, the world's largest ocean, in a boat made of 12,500 plastic PET bottles, the Plastiki expedition and her crew have safely and successfully reached their planned destination of Sydney to cheers of welcome and support. Visit the Plastiki moored at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour. ABC radio speaks to expedition leader David De Rothschild about what the voyage has achieved.
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