Field Diaries 2015/16

Successful conservation is dependent on the translation of science into creative and effective forms of management – a model made possible by public awareness. A meaningful part of the work…

After a crazy week in Geraldton, we packed up again and headed south to Bunbury. A quick detour in Perth was necessary to trade in the tiny rental car for…

With the close of the Easter weekend, we loaded up our temporary and rather compact Turtle vehicle (appropriately nicknamed El Huevo, spanish for ‘The Egg’) and hit the road again,…

Our second week in Perth brought us to Guildford Grammar School, Morley Senior High School, Maylands Peninsula Primary School, Swan View Senior High School, Mazenod Catholic College, Aquinas College, Jolimont…

Upon completing our presentations in Dongara, we hit the road again and headed south. Driving to Perth in the fully packed Turtle Wagon was long and exhausting, but we took…

After packing the Turtle Wagon to maximum capacity, the Turtle Team piled into the ute and bid farewell to Gnaraloo. For the next two months we will be traveling along…

Last week, the 2015/16 GTCP Field team collaborated with the WA Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPaW) in excavating a small number of hatched sea turtle nests at Gnaraloo Bay.…

We are evolving our conservation efforts at Gnaraloo. For over a decade, the Gnaraloo pastoral leaseholder, Paul Richardson, Gnaraloo’s Environmental Advisor, Karen Hattingh, Gnaraloo staff, the scientific turtle field research…

The 2015/16 GTCP team has officially commenced our morning surveys at the Gnaraloo Cape Farquhar Rookery (GCFR), located 30 km north of the Gnaraloo Homestead. The special thing about GCFR…

Gnaraloo has been busy this past week with not only the commencement of the sea turtle satellite tracking project, but also with the arrival of the Carnarvon Community College’s Bushranger…