turtle Archive

Turtle Care team at the turtle treatment tank
Oh, what a day!: The Cooloola CoastCare Turtle Care team was invited to a behind the
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Loggerhead hatchling on Teewah Beach in January 2023
End of the Season: The Green and Loggerhead turtle nesting season along the Cooloola Coast is
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Farewell to brave Thomas! Photos: Jan Waters TurtleCare FB
Safe Travels Thomas!: Thanks to the amazing work of our local TurtleCare volunteers, this handsome
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This photo shows the turtle tracks crossing the 4WD tracks - taken at Double Island last December. Keep an eye out for similar tracks and report them to TurtleCare. Photo source: TurtleCare FB group
It’s Turtle Time: We are right in the middle of turtle nesting season (November to
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One of our resident baby turtles, photographed by Jan Waters of TurtleCare Rainbow Beach
Celebrate turtles in May: World Turtle Day is held annually on 23 May and was created
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Marine turtles hatching on the beach. Photo credit: cooloolacoastcare.org.au
Volunteer to care for our turtles: Santa has not been the only visitor bringing gifts to Rainbow Beach
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One aim of the project is to bring back more fish, and more locals like this hawksbill turtle - Images by Josh Jensen, Undersea Productions
A cleaner Tin Can Inlet is in sight: Cooloola Coastcare has received a Gympie Regional Council Environmental Levy Grant to
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Murray Sambell, trained TurtleCare volunteer, clears sand off the flippers of the huge green turtle at Double Island Point ready for tagging
Turtle heroes amazing efforts on two week “Night Shift”: Cooloola Coastcare volunteers have conducted the first ever ‘Turtle Nesting Census’ of
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Bruce Rochester sent in this photo: “We had the unexpected privilege of watching a mumma turtle heading back to the surf, on Inskip Beach at night. We kept our distance but watched until she made it to the surf because we didn’t want her to get run over. Amazing experience for us and the kids!” You can keep a look out too, with daily walks for TurtleCare until March
Youth Coastcare begins!: As a new year begins, Cooloola Coastcare is ramping up for a
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One of the hatchlings from the Mary River clutch. Photo credit (contributed).
Rare Event For Our Mary River Turtles: The Mary River is now home to 17 new, tiny, Mary River
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