Clearing the beach huts

 

Ant has been an owner of one of the iconic Muizenberg beach huts for some time. When it was in a fit state it was used as a changing room where boards, wetsuits and rash vests could all be stored.
2012-ZA-1DS-1395Unfortunately, after a while the locks on the doors were destroyed, allowing anyone and everyone to enter the beach hut. This meant over time the hut was vandalized, littered and even used as a home. There was no point paying to replace the locks as it was inevitable for the same thing to happen over and over. Here are a couple of pictures of the hut in its run down state:

Resized11016520_10153299815201055_22005744_n (600x448)Recently some padlock covers have been installed to prevent vandalism to the inside of the hut and as volunteers, it was our task to clear the hut out and make it safe and clean enough for children to use as a changing/store room again. On a hot, sunny Wednesday afternoon we went to the beach with our cleaning gear to tackle the challenge. We cleared the rubbish (bags, empty cups & food containers, bottles, cigarette butts, broken bits of wood from the hut etc), brushed the walls down, swept the floor and even used disinfectant to cleanse the huts and make them easier on the nose. These photos show the hut after our effort:11004378_10204078161336045_696359770_n11005535_10204078162136065_805816561_n (600x344)Although the hut has been majorly improved, there is still a long way to go (including paint and various furnishings) before it is fully restored to its former glory and can be used regularly by MBC kids, volunteers or other Learn2Surf customers.