Topic: turtles

Merlie the loggerhead turtle enjoys a well-deserved rest on World Turtle Day after completing her journey home from Mon Repos in Bundaberg.

Get in the know about turtles which inhabit the Bundaberg Region when World Turtle Day is shellabrated this Saturday.

The work and dedication by those involved at the Mon Repos Turtle Centre has been highlighted in a special video for Volunteers Week.

A local fox den detection program has started up in the Bundaberg Region to help increase turtle survival rates in the area.

Alexandra Park Zoo is set to become home to a Krefft's river turtle after it was rescued by DES officers.

Rocky the English springer spaniel and his handler Tom Garrett are a dynamic duo, working together to combat fox predation to the region's turtle population.

Work will get underway next week on new “turtle friendly” lighting for the pedestrian pathway along the Bargara foreshore.

The Mitchell-Greville family at Oaks Beach are leading the way in reducing the glow from their beachfront home to protect turtles.

Up to 30 turtle hatchlings were released on different beaches as part of a light trial for Reducing Urban Glow in the Bundaberg Region.

Turtle numbers at Moore Park Beach are up 20 per cent this season with 97 nests recorded and 33 nests hatched up to Australia Day.