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24.01.2022 Maisie is from Adelaide, SA and joined us as an external volunteer. She recently finished a Bachelor of Science (Animal Behaviour) and wanted to take any opportunity she could to get out in the field. Maisie had a friend who had been part of the NTP in a previous year and had heard how rewarding it was. Her highlights include feeling like you’re making a difference and contributing to conservation and seeing turtles. Christine Fernance/Swimming Wombat Photographics

23.01.2022 We’d like to say a massive thank you to our incredible team of local volunteers. We appreciate your hard work and continued support of the Ningaloo Turtle Program. Enjoy your break now the monitoring is over for the season. We look forward to seeing you all again in November! Christine Fernance/Swimming Wombat Photographics

21.01.2022 Today is World Turtle Day! It was created to bring attention to turtles and tortoises around the world and encourage human action to help them survive. What one thing can you do today to help sea turtles? Christine Fernance/Swimming Wombat Photographics

21.01.2022 Here is our last Faces of the NTP post! Chris was this season’s Multimedia and Communications Intern. Originally from Coffs Harbour, Chris studied Honours in Marine Science and Management before moving to Canberra. She has taken leave from her job in the Department of the Environment and Energy to complete this internship and study a Master of Science Communication. Chris loves photography, especially capturing wildlife and underwater images which she shares through her busin...ess Swimming Wombat Photographics and blog (Scratchings.blog). She applied for this internship to use her photography skills while contributing to a meaningful conservation program and to travel to Ningaloo for the first time. It also gave her a chance to see what a science communication job is like. Her highlight from the program was walking along beaches every morning while chatting to volunteers and taking photosand getting to call that work! See more

21.01.2022 Something fun for our creative past, present and future turtle volunteers! Entry open to anyone who loves turtles. See flyer for more details :)

20.01.2022 Emily is another external volunteer who joined us from Perth, WA. She works in massage therapy and hospitality but always wanted to take part in the program since studying marine science and seeing her sister join the NTP in 2009. Emily has many highlights from her time with the program. This includes seeing all the local wildlife, walking on the beach, going on the Yardie Creek boat tour, joining social gatherings and camping at Bungelup. Christine Fernance/Swimming Wombat Photographics

18.01.2022 Get to know the turtles of Ningaloo on #TurtleTuesday. First up is the Green turtle, or scientifically known as Chelonia mydas. Many believe the name is from the olive-green colour of their carapace but it actually originates from the green colour of their fat. Green turtles have an average length of 1.2m at maturity and can weigh up to a massive 200kgs, making them the second-largest turtle in the world. Green turtles are herbivorous and feed mainly on seagrass. You can i...dentify them by their four pairs of costal scales (the matching scales on their shells) and their single pair of prefrontal scales. Unfortunately, the IUCN lists Green turtles as "Endangered". Light pollution, shrinking coastlines, habitat destruction, plastic pollution and more threaten them. We have one of the largest green turtle rookeries in Australia here on the Ningaloo Coast, which is why we have to try our best to preserve and conserve the Ningaloo Coast.

17.01.2022 So cute! We wish them well out in the big deep blue.

16.01.2022 APPLICATION PERIOD IS OPEN!! That's right, we are now recruiting for volunteers. Fancy a summer adventure in Exmouth, walking beautiful beaches and learning all about nesting turtles? You can make a direct contribution to turtle conservation in the Ningaloo Coast World Heritage area, meet like-minded people, get fit and have fun. Visit our website for instructions on how to apply. Applications close 31st July 2020. We look forward to hearing from you!

16.01.2022 Michael joined the NTP as a team leader this season, 2019-20. Originally from Ballarat, Victoria, Michael studied a Bachelor of Zoology before completing an Honours project on abalone connectivity around the Victorian coast. He went on to work in conservation genetics but wanted more hands on work. This motivated him to apply for the NTP team leader role as he also really likes working with a team and surrounding himself with environmentally conscious people. Michael also wan...ted to see the Ningaloo Coast as he’d never been to this part of Australia before. His highlights from the program include being surrounded by young people that are passionate about the environment. Michael was also lucky enough to see a hatchling emergence at Burrows during one of his last monitoring sessions. He said it looked like an eruption of green turtle hatchlings and the majority of them made it to the ocean. Christine Fernance/Swimming Wombat Photographics

13.01.2022 Today is World Sea Turtle Day! It is celebrated on the birthday of Dr Archie Carr a pioneer in sea turtle biology. Are you a turtle lover or aspiring turtle researcher? Then volunteering for the Ningaloo Turtle Program may fill the turtle shaped hole in your summer. Check back in July when we start recruiting for the 2020-21 season. Christine Fernance/Swimming Wombat Photographics

10.01.2022 Know any "cool dudes" around here? The sex of a turtle hatchling is temperature-dependent. Warmer temperatures produce female hatchlings and cooler temperatures produce male hatchlings, creating the saying "hot chicks and cool dudes". There is a natural variation of temperatures in different nesting locations, which helps to produce both the male and female sex. But, climate change is raising sand temperatures around the world. In the future, we might find it more and more ...difficult to find "cool dudes" in the turtle population. We have already started to see this happen at major rookeries around the world. As part of the NTP program, we have installed temperature loggers in various nesting locations along the Ningaloo Coast to track the sand temperature. These data will help in developing strategies to manage the impact of climate change on the Ningaloo rookeries.

10.01.2022 Tegan is an environmental planner for the City of Gold Coast (Council), a role she’s been working in since completing a Bachelor of Science. Tegan joined the NTP as a volunteer ten years ago for the 2010-2011 season. Tegan said she had the time of her life in the program and missed Ningaloo and working with turtles. This motivated her to apply for a team leader role to come back and experience another season with the program. She volunteers with turtle work on the east coast ...and is interested in seeing the different approach taken in WA. Tegan’s highlights include the snorkelling because of the diversity of coral and fish. Her favourite snorkel site is Coral Bay, where she spent her time off while doing remote monitoring at Janes Bay. She also enjoyed hiking with the group, being out at Bungelup and showing volunteers a nesting loggerhead turtle at Bungelup on Christmas Eve. Christine Fernance/Swimming Wombat Photographics

07.01.2022 An NTP volunteer found a large female nesting turtle dangling over a two metre rock edge. The turtle was stuck between rocks and attempting to pull herself forward over the edge. The volunteers, equipped with ropes and straps, worked together to free the turtle. Some of the volunteers positioned themselves below to stop the turtle from falling over the edge. The other volunteers pulled back on the ropes to get her out. They worked for over 2 hours in the Exmouth sun to get th...e girl out! We sure are proud of what the volunteers achieved. Saving this big girl is significant as Green turtles are listed by the IUCN as Endangered. She will lay up to 800 eggs in a nesting season, which will hopefully bring more hatchlings into the world. Good work team on getting this female back into the ocean!

07.01.2022 The Loggerhead turtle is up next on #TurtleTuesday. The Loggerhead turtle, or scientifically known as Caretta caretta, is the second most sighted turtle along the Ningaloo Coast. The Loggerhead is named for their large head and strong jaw. Their powerful jaw allows them to crush jellyfish, crabs and other shellfish. The Loggerhead turtle is, on average, smaller than the Green turtle, with their carapace length measuring between 80 to 110cm at maturity. Other than their di...stinguishable large head, you can identify them by the five pairs of costal scales (the matching scales on their shell) and the dark circles around their eyes. The Loggerhead turtle is listed by the IUCN as "Vulnerable". Coastal development, marine debris entanglement and climate change threaten them.

05.01.2022 We made it to 2021! We hope you look as fabulous as this turtle this morning.

04.01.2022 Bec joined us from Sydney, NSW as an external volunteer. She finished a Bachelor of Environmental Science in 2018 and wanted to do as much volunteer work as possible in 2019. This led her to join the NTP and experience her first extended trip away from home. Bec’s highlights include watching a loggerhead lay eggs one night down at Bungelup remote camp. She loved the way the turtle used its rear flippers like hands to scoop out the egg chamber, then cover it over. The next day she saw the nest while out monitoring. Christine Fernance/Swimming Wombat Photographics

02.01.2022 We need your help Exmouth volunteers This is the LAST WEEKEND MONITORING for this season Sat 22nd Feb & Sunday 23rd Feb... Please email [email protected] if you are a trained local volunteer and can help out. Thanks

02.01.2022 Here in Exmouth we are winding down for a well-earned rest. The turtle nesting season is coming to an end giving our staff and volunteers the chance to take a break. Our posts on social media have also been slowing down as the season wraps up. But check back in July as we’ll be putting the call out to recruit volunteers and team leaders for next season, summer 2020-21! Christine Fernance/Swimming Wombat Photographics