The Gnaraloo Wilderness Foundation is a not-for-profit charity that stands for the natural environment at Gnaraloo, within and adjacent to the Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area in Western Australia. Our focus includes native flora and fauna, on land and in the ocean, and the conservation of dark skies.
Follow our satellite tagged turtles live on our free Turtle Tracker app!
This year, we tagged Gnargoo and Baiyungu, two endangered female loggerhead turtles who’ve returned to nest at the Gnaraloo Bay Rookery. They’ve now set off to their foraging grounds and you can be the first to know where they go!
About Gnaraloo
Gnaraloo is adjacent to the Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area and Ningaloo Marine Park in North Western Australia. It abuts 65 km of coastline, including southern parts of the Ningaloo Reef and 4 marine sanctuary zones.
Conservation efforts
The Gnaraloo Wilderness Foundation is dedicated to protect the landscape, associated habitats and all native flora and fauna species at Gnaraloo. Our conservation efforts support the third largest loggerhead turtle population in the world.
Educational programs
Community and schools may share in the research work of the Gnaraloo Wilderness Foundation through field excursions and free presentations. It’s a great chance to talk to field scientists and discover more about marine turtle conservation.
Keep Gnaraloo Wild
We deeply believe that Gnaraloo should stay as it is, wild and undeveloped, to protect its biodiversity and wilderness experience.
Help us
Together, we can make a difference. Find out ways you can help Keep Gnaraloo Wild and conserve endangered sea turtles for future generations.
Scientific reports
Our rigorously researched documents reflect important baseline data on the sea turtles of Gnaraloo and their critical coastal nesting habitat.
News from the field
Towards greater protection of the Gnaraloo Wilderness Area
We have continued to work tirelessly during the financial year 2019/20 to protect the Gnaraloo Wilderness Area. We're excited to share some of our achievements with you today and hope…
Mining and World Heritage do not mix!
Stop Big-Oil-and-Gas Business from exploiting our World Heritage marine environments, including at Ningaloo and Shark Bay in Western Australia. The annual “Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release” is a key part…
Foxes and wild dogs return to Gnaraloo under Government watch
Loss of the Gnaraloo Feral Animal Control Program The GWF introduced and managed sea turtle research at Gnaraloo during 2008 – 2018 (10 years) and the associated feral animal control…
Call for Gnaraloo turtle nesting areas to be recognized in legislation as turtle sanctuary areas
Turtle Conservation Program Update Government grants and private sector financial support for the Gnaraloo Turtle Conservation Program (GTCP) (mainly from Gnaraloo Station and the Australian Government) ended last year on…
Protect seagrass meadows
Female loggerhead turtles usually spend the length of the nesting season (November to February) either nesting or in inter-nesting zones just offshore of the beach. This zone allows females to…
Sea turtle Nerine returns to Gnaraloo
Sea turtle life cycles are unfortunately hard to follow, even by those that dedicate their entire lives to understanding them. That being said, after spending almost 6 months with the…
