Austswim - the Australian Council for the teaching of swimming and Water Safety

Clark Rubber has been working with AUSTSWIM for several years - supporting the importance of swimming and water safety, especially in a backyard pool. AUSTSWIM has a strong philosophy founded on the belief that all Australians should have appropriate and relevant swimming skills while understanding the principles and practices of water safety.

AUSTSWIM is a non-profit organization with representation in each state and territory of Australia.

Clark Rubber's support for AUSTSWIM assists the community though the improvement of swim teacher's training around the country. To find out more about the AUSTSWIM accreditation or your local AUSTSWIM swim school, visit the AUSTSWIM website.

Healesville Sanctuary Platypus Program

‘Clarkee', the Clark Rubber platypus, is helping his brothers and sisters at Healesville Sanctuary by partnering with the team in funding research and development of the platypus breeding program.
Millsom recently met Clarkee and took a liking to him straight away!

Healesville Sanctuary was the first organisation to successfully breed platypus from captive-bred adults.

In December last year, Healesville Sanctuary welcomed the arrival of baby platypus 'Ember'. This was the second year in a row that the keeping team successfully bred platypus.

Healesville Sanctuary is only one of two institutions to have recorded breeding success with Platypus. In 1943, the Sanctuary hatched the first Platypus (Corrie) ever bred in captivity (an event that made front page news in London and New York). It took 55 years to repeat that success with the birth of twin Platypus in 1998 (Barak and Yarra Yarra), in 2000 (MacKenzie) and 2008 (Burran and Waddirang).

For more information on Healesville Sanctuary's platypus breeding program or if you would like to donate to Zoos Victoria, visit the Zoos Victoria website.

EJ Whitten Legends Game

Clark Rubber has been a proud partner of the EJ Whitten Legends game since 2007, sponsoring the 2008 and 2009 event.

The EJ Whitten Legends Game, a prime time television event, features AFL stars of yesteryear, as well as national celebrities. This important game raises money for the EJ Whitten Foundation, which uses funds for research into prostate cancer around Australia.

The Game, which began in 1996, has raised almost $1Million for prostate cancer research.

If you'd like to know more about the Legends Game, please click here