After the "royal assassin" was taken away the Prince continued with his role in the event and Kiernan was awarded Australian of the Year. Ms McKay, who was sitting with Kiernan's wife on stage, said "he was never afraid of anything and he'd always react to and square up to a problem". A passionate yachtsman all his life, Kiernan competed in more than a dozen Sydney-to-Hobart races, including the ill-fated race in which six sailors died. He bought the classic timber yawl in from famous marine artist Jack Earl on condition he teach him how to cross oceans on it.
Kiernan said on reflection: "He certainly did that. I became a celestial navigator; Jack taught me to practise with my sextant bringing the sun down in a dish of oil. In that event he won Division 1, sailing through Cyclone Hal which sank three other craft.
Kiernan's legacy on Sydney Harbour hit headwinds last year though when the NSW Government cited two drink-driving convictions as the reason for not naming a Sydney ferry after him — favouring Ferry McFerryface and later May Gibbs. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.
He is survived by his wife Judy and two daughters Sally and Pip. Ferry McFerryface storm intensifies as snubbed environmentalist hits out at new name. It has since grown into a campaign with more than 35 million participants in countries, according to the not-for-profit organisation. We need people like him to help clean up and care for our world for future generations to come!!!! Farewell to dear colleague Ian Kiernan, whose extraordinary effort to look after our environment, both in Australia and overseas, was remarkable.
What a full life. He has left a great legacy for the rest of us to build upon. Pick up some rubbish today in honour of the great Ian Kiernan.
Credit: Elesa Kurtz. After returning from an around-the-world yacht race in , where he found the world's oceans befouled with rubbish, Mr Kiernan organised a community event to help combat the spread of litter in public parks and waterways around Sydney. He founded Clean Up Australia as Clean Up Sydney Harbour, and the following year his idea went national before going international in In , Ian Kiernan announced he would patrol the harbour, monitoring its cleanliness.
Credit: John Reid. And although that first event in Sydney Harbour was a great success, he said in that he never could have anticipated Clean Up Australia's ultimate impact across the country, 25 years later. They are used to rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck into a challenge, and that's what they've done with Clean Up Australia. It's a very simple idea, but the community has taken it up.
Ian Kiernan, the round the world sailor and environmentalist who founded the Clean Up Australia organisation, has died, aged It was while sailing around the world that Ian Kiernan - "an average Australian bloke" - decided something needed to be done to clean up the oceans. The environmentalist, yachtsman and Australian of the Year has died in Sydney, aged 78, after a short battle with cancer.
It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our beloved founder and Chairman, environmentalist and yachtsman, Ian Kiernan AO. After graduating from Sydney Technical College as a builder, he later specialised in historic restorations.
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