Octagon Pond

I had a few hours to spare today and decided to jump back into Octagon pond in Paradise with just my dive bag. I ended up filling it and also managed to bring ashore 2 tractor trailer tires and most of a lead vehicle battery. Big thanks to Sarah Mary Margaret for covering my expenses on this one. With your support Octagon pond is a little healthier after today thanks to you Stay safe :!

Another pond cleanup complete. Yesterday I did a section of Octagon pond again in Paradise, NL. Still finding lots of old broken glass bottles on the bottom. Big thanks to Newfoundland’s own, Rick Mercer for your support in offsetting my expenses on this cleanup. Your kindness is greatly appreciated and this section of Octagon pond is healthier and safer because of you Stay safe and enjoy the great outdoors everyone.

Octagon Pond, Paradise, NL for pond dive cleanup # 19 for this summer . I keep going back to this pond mainly because I know it has been hit hard over the years and if I only have a couple hours to spare that day its close to home for me and the turbidity of the water is really good so I see things up to 12-15ft deep and dive down. This is my 23rd cleanup in this waterbody in 9 years. It’s crazy that I’m still finding lots of trash. One cleanup at a time it gets healthier and safer for families, pets and the wildlife. Stay safe and enjoy the great outdoors.

These two vintage bottles I found in Octagon Pond a couple days ago cleaned up really well and have already found a home. RICCO and Flirt embossed soda bottles.

Big thanks to Rick Mercer, ( Comedian/ Canadian TV personality) from NL for your support on this cleanup of Octagon Pond in Paradise, NL. This is # 10 pond cleanup for this summer and I enjoyed every cool dip so far this season and making our waters safer for all to enjoy Stay safe

A couple hours before noon today continuing my cleanup of Octagon Pond in Paradise, NL . I managed to pull 14 more vehicle tires from the bottom in about 10-12 ft of water and fill my tote with broken glass, bottles and trash . Stay safe and enjoy your Sunday everyone

I had a few hours of free time before heading to the Def Leppard concert tonight so I jumped back into Octagon Pond, Paradise for a swim with only a dive bag to see what I could recover. There’s always something…. Big thanks to Nikki and George Crisfield of Lethbridge, AB for your support on this one once again . Stay safe everyone !

I had a few hours to spare today and to avoid spending my day in vehicle driving far from home I jumped back into Octagon Pond, Paradise, NL. I wasn’t expecting to find all this considering I am closing in on about 20 visits to this pond in the 9 years i have been cleaning ponds, but once again I was surprised. Some really old and interesting bottles in the mix as well. Stay safe

Two busy days of cleaning up Octagon Pond in Paradise, NL. Thanks to Lisa ten Broek of CBS for your support on this cleanup. I even recovered a cell phone in about 4 ft of water that I would love to be able to return to the owner. Share if you like. Stay safe

I had a couple hours free later today so I jumped in Octagon pond to go for a swim and took along my dive bag . Filled it again. Another bit removed from the bottom of this pond. Also found 3 more vehicle tires in the deeper water that I brought in close to shore to retrieve later in kayak. Shout out to Mat Emshey for, once again, offering your beverage containers to help support my cleanup efforts . Much appreciated! Stay safe everyone.

Another cleanup of Octagon pond , Paradise today. I kayaked full circle around it towing a second kayak as a barge. I ended up filling both and had to walk the shoreline back to my vehicle . I’ve been putting a lot of time and effort into this beautiful waterbody as the 12th Annual SunSplash Paddle in Paradise takes place on the shores of this pond from August 15-18, 2024. At least the families who attend this event, the Dragon Boat Racers and the Town of Paradise can enjoy a much cleaner and healthier pond. Stay safe everyone.

Well I wasn’t planning on getting back into the water today but with the temperature at 28 degrees C and humidex at 35 I just had to. So I jumped back into Octagon pond for a hour or so to go for a swim just with my small dive mesh bag ( no kayak or dinghy ). Filled it with trash and found an old milk bottle that’s gonna look nice cleaned up. I also pulled 4 vehicle tires in closer to shore that I go back and retrieve soon with my kayak . Stay safe .

I jumped back into Octagon pond, Paradise, NL to see what was over near where the brook runs out today as I only had a couple hours . I wasn’t expecting to get this much. A couple interesting finds again . Stay safe

I had an hour before work on this beauty of a day so I jumped back in Octagon pond in Paradise to cool off and for another look around without my kayak ( barge) today. Still managed to bring to shore some more trash from the bottom. Luckily I did have a tote in my rig to put it in to bring home. Today I would like to give a shout out to D&T Seafood & Restaurant in my hometown of Twillingate, NL for always having the best wedge fries, dressing and gravy on hand when I go back home to visit. Can’t wait until next time to stop by. Stay safe everyone and if you are in the Twillingate area this summer stop in D & T for a delicious meal!

Snorkelling/ freediving cleanup of another section of Octagon Pond in Paradise, NL today for a couple of hours. 4 more vehicle tires and a really old embossed St. John’s, NF bottle . Check it out . Stay safe and enjoy your time spent in or on the water this summer:)

I figured I would take my kayak today and see what’s around the shoreline and on bottom of Octagon pond in Paradise. This is my 8th year of carrying out pond cleanups and the first one for this summer season. I filled my kayak on this cleanup! Big thanks to Nikki And George Crisfield in Alberta for your support on helping me keep our waters here on the Avalon in NL much cleaner for future generations. Water is life:) Stay safe everyone and enjoy your summer.

A couple hours of snorkelling and free-diving of Octagon pond in Paradise, NL yesterday before the rain set in. I managed to pull 5 old tires from the bottom of the pond and I got a couple interesting vintage items. Stay safe everyone.

Last week on July 26th I found a ladies purse on the bottom of Octagon Pond in Paradise with her personal cards in it as well as three rocks zippered up inside. Again this has been on bottom of the pond between 15-20 years . A week later we have tracked her down and she will soon have her personal items back as well as a old bottle filled with frosted sea glass from NL beaches as a gift:) Stay safe everyone!

A few days ago in Octagon pond, Paradise, NL I found this ladies wallet on the bottom of the pond in about 10-12 ft of water. It contained a bunch of cards and the change compartment was filled with rocks and zippered up. I am so happy to have found the owner who now lives out of Province especially since it’s been lost for between 15-20 years. Also I’m sending her a sea glass filled vintage bottle (all recovered from the environment) and a decal. Stay safe everyone.

Octagon pond, Paradise today at 9 am. A few very interesting items recovered from bottom on this cleanup. A ladies purse ( Ann M Price who at one point in time lived in CBS) and a ladies wallet (owner has already been located on this one) . Both have been lying on the bottom of the pond for 15-20 years according to the DL in each, still contained all personal cards and filled with rocks. Big thanks again to Rick Mercer and to Iceberg Vodka as well for both your support on my cleanup efforts. One pond at a time will get healthier and safer because you and I care

Octagon pond today on bottom in about 6 ft of water. Cleaned up well

Had a couple hours of free time today so I went for a swim in Octagon pond again and only took a small mesh bag with me to fill. Still finding a few items on bottom. Stay safe:)

Found this clay pipe bowl in Octagon pond last week when I did a cleanup there. After a good cleaning I realized It’s stamped with the initials T D. Maybe it came from someone who passed through the doors of the Octagon Castle in the late 1800’s or early 1900’s. Pretty cool Stay safe!

Yesterday’s most interesting bottles from the pond after a good cleaning. Enjoy

# 10 . Octagon pond, Paradise. Got some really cool old bottles. Even one that’s a first I ever found. I cleaned up a lot of older broken bottles from the bottom of the pond to the left and right of the two docks where the dragon boat races take place and ppl swim Enjoy and stay safe this weekend on the water !

Just cleaned up these 4 cool bottles from Octagon pond, Paradise and Withrod pond, Torbay. Two of 7up bottles with different bottom embossing and two of Miller BBO (Bottom Bottle Opener).

Octagon pond, Paradise today from 8 am until 11 am. Snorkelling and free-diving to remove the trash from the bottom of this waterbody! Some very interesting finds here today. Share if you like to see if I can find the owner of this Samsung cell phone, thanks. Stay safe

In 3 years we have carried out 5 separate cleanups in Octagon Pond, Paradise. Imagine if we combined everything from all 5 pictures into one. Enjoy this beautiful waterbody for years to come. If you pack it in; pack it out. Leave nothing only footprints for the generations coming after us. Enjoy and stay safe on and off the water:)

Pond Cleanup #6 .Octagon pond, Paradise with my stepson Tyler. Not a lot but he wanted to help out today close to home so we chose this place. First we kayaked full circle around the pond picking up whatever we seen onshore wedged between the rocks and then dawned our fins, snorkel and mask and cleaned up abit around the two docks:)

Pond Cleanup #5 , Octagon Pond , Paradise , NL . Spent a couple hrs myself this evening cleaning up another section of this pond . Lots of broken glass and a couple awesome old bottles .

16 cleanups in 8 years of Octagon Pond in Paradise. Pictures with dates. It’s been quite the task but it’s getting so much cleaner with every dive:) Enjoy and stay safe !

A couple hours of snorkelling and free-diving of Octagon pond in Paradise, NL yesterday before the rain set in. I managed to pull 5 old tires from the bottom of the pond and I got a couple interesting vintage items. Stay safe everyone.

Another section of Octagon Pond after work today we hit up with our snorkelling gear . Pond clean up # 7 .

Pond clean up # 5 . Another section of Octagon Pond . Lots of old and new bottles . Beer and pop cans . Golf balls and hockey pucks . A fishing rod and reel , an iPhone , some old bullets , fishing lures , hub caps, aluminum pot, frying pan , etc

Snorkelling Octagon pond at 8:30 am . Bottom clean up # 4 . Another good haul with some interesting finds .