Gnaraloo Cape Farquhar Survey #2
Careena and I (Justine) recently returned from the second reconnaissance survey at Cape Farquhar. Last year the Cape Farquhar surveys were done exactly 1 month apart with the survey at…
Christmas at Gnaraloo
Merry Christmas turtle followers! The GTCP team hopes you all had a wonderful Christmas day and stuffed yourselves silly! The field researchers had an early start on Christmas morning, the…
Gnaraloo Cape Farquhar Survey #1
Justine and I (Danica) are safely home again from venturing to the Gnaraloo Cape Farquhar Rookery (GCFR). The GCFR is located about 22km north of the Gnaraloo Bay Rookery (GBR),…
Night verification surveys
Careena, Justine and I (Danica) have completed the first period of Night Surveys which started on 8 December 2012 and finished on 19 December 2012 at 2 AM. This work…
Introducing our new team members for GTCP 2012/13
All of us are keen to boost our research and practical experience and are excited about the scientific internships offered to us by the GTCP – thanks Gnaraloo! Andrew Greenley,…
Nagle College from Geraldton visits Gnaraloo
On Monday, 3 December 2012, we received our second school group, Nagle Catholic College from Geraldton, at Gnaraloo to participate with the Gnaraloo Turtle Conservation Program (GTCP). This is Nagle’s…
Turtle nesting and rescues – Gnaraloo Bay Rookery
We had a busy morning today! Near the start of our survey area in the Gnaraloo Bay Rookery, we were lucky enough to encounter a green turtle at the end…
Onsite training by the Ningaloo Turtle Program
On Monday, 19 November 2012, Colin Valentine, an experienced turtle tracker and trainer (8 years!) with the Ningaloo Turtle Program in Exmouth arrived on-site to provide supplementary training to the scientific GTCP Field Research…
Tom Price High School Pilbara
On 19 – 20 November 2012, Gnaraloo received a visit from Tom Price High School which is situated in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia. As part of the…
Training in turtle tracking WA style
Hello from sunny warm Exmouth! We completed our 4 day turtle tracking training course by the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) (Western Australia) this morning (on Monday 12 November…
