Turtles Australia Inc in Blackburn, Victoria, Australia | Environmental conservation organisation

Turtles Australia Inc

Locality: Blackburn, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 473 554 500

Address: C/O 34 Ashlar Crescent 3130 Blackburn, VIC, Australia

Website: http://turtlesaustralia.org.au

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25.01.2022 Last night's turtle talk for the Friends of Darebin Creek Parklands.

24.01.2022 Well the turtles are certainly getting into it around Cussen Park. I recorded 20 destroyed nests this morning and 15 yesterday morning. It’s a pity we can’t ...find live, nesting turtles as readily as we can find destroyed nests. On a positive note there is obviously a good population around the Park - pity the foxes have worked that out. The attached map shows the locations of predated nests that have been recorded this month. Keep your eyes peeled when you’re out and about as you never know when you’ll come across one

22.01.2022 TURTLE TALK Part 2. Turtles are divided into two groups, two suborders depending on how they move their heads back to their shells. Turtles who retract (move b...ack) their heads to the side as they pull it towards their shells are grouped as Pleurodira. Turtles who move their heads straight back are grouped into the suborder Cryptodira. In these pictures is Elseya rhodini is from the suborder Pleurodira and Carettochelys insculpta, also known as Piku or the Pig-nosed turtle, is grouped into the suborder Cryptodira. Although the Piku in this picture is bigger, this piku is a hatchling and our cautious E. rhodini is older. We hope you learnt something new about side necked and straight necked turtles. Both species of turtle are found in the Kikori River and throughout the Gulf and Western Provinces of Papua New Guinea. See more

21.01.2022 The first nests have started to hatch! This Fitzroy River Turtle (Rheodytes leukops) was found in the nest while documenting hatching success. Everyone else had already run to the water and this little one was trapped

21.01.2022 Doesn't get much cuter than a baby turtle! This hatchling Eastern Long Neck Turtle is enjoying the big wide world after being released into the WILD! Hopefully those colours have kept it safe from potential predators and she is still swimming strong. Now that's WILD!

19.01.2022 Benalla Library kindly allowed me to set up a Turtles Australia display today. The library is situated on the Benalla Lake (the Broken River) which is home to 3... freshwater turtle species. The Council and community have been very supportive of our turtle project during 2019-20. On behalf of TA, I also presented the council and community with a sign in appreciation of their support and volunteering in monitoring the Lake for turtles. All sightings of turtles have been entered on TurtleSAT. Thumbs up to our tremendous volunteers ! See more

19.01.2022 Paper straws aren’t the only way to look out for our shelled mates, remember to be a responsible fisher! QBFP officers in Central Queensland recently took a... trip to Callide Dam near Biloela and were very glad to release 2 turtles back to the water during their patrol, that had been caught in crab pots. Officers seized 8 unmarked crab pots and 9 partially marked pots with noodle floats. The pots were returned to owners with written infringements. The pots’ rings were not adequately attached, and the owners have since been educated about turtle captures and drownings. Don’t be shell-fish, make sure your equipment is correctly labelled and set https://bit.ly/3lcfyhQ

14.01.2022 Someone notified me of a nesting turtle near town. When we got there she was just finishing the flattening down process. We waited for her to finish then pegged some mesh over the top of the nest. Fingers crossed there are some hatchlings in a month or so.

13.01.2022 Thank you Lucy McNally for putting this together for us. Love it.

12.01.2022 Yes it's a Eastern Long Neck.

12.01.2022 A big, beautiful northern snapping turtle (Elseya dentata) returning to the depths after surfacing for a breath of air. Water conditions were beautiful on this ...day! Cold, winter conditions made it easier than usual to approach turtles and sunbeams were shooting through the water wherever I looked, a magical experience. HQ image - https://bit.ly/2m1szlm

11.01.2022 This photo sums up "stereotypical" nesting for most freshwater turtles around the world. This is a broad generalisation, but nice open areas close to the highes...t point from where they emerged from the water is nesting heaven for a turtle. The warmth incubates the eggs and the high point stops them from drowning if the wetland floods. The downside in Australia is that it is easier for foxes to find the nests. This is why you will find turtles nesting in your back paddocks this time of year. All the photos that we post are from TurtleSAT users and we appreciate every single entry and every Turtle Champion out there

10.01.2022 IF YOU SEE THIS TURTLE WE'D LIKE TO KNOW Australian Fauna Management has teamed up with DPI invasive species unit to trial effective trapping and capture techni...ques for a management plan on the invasive Red-eared Slider Turtle. The red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans), originates from the midwestern states of the USA and northeastern Mexico. However, non-native populations of wild-living red-eared slider turtles now occur worldwide due to the species being extensively traded as both a pet and a food item. An adult red-eared slider turtle has a carapace length of 12.5 to 28 cm. It has a distinctive, broad red or orange stripe behind each eye, while narrow yellow stripes mark the rest of the animal’s head and legs. The carapace is dark green with yellow markings, and the plastron is yellow with some dark rings, blotches or swirls. Some individuals have a dark pigment that covers their coloured markings so that they appear nearly black in colour. Male red-eared slider turtles are usually smaller than females, and have very long claws on the front feet. The red-eared slider turtle is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as ‘one of the world’s worst invasive alien species’. It is considered an environmental pest outside its natural range because the species competes with native turtles for food, nesting areas and basking sites. Red-eared slider turtles are recognised reservoirs for the Salmonella bacterium. Infection of humans caused by the handling of turtles has led to restrictions on the sale of it in the USA. The red-eared slider turtle has been exploited by the pet animal industry and since the 1970s, with massive numbers being produced on turtle farms in the USA for the international pet trade. Red-eared slider turtles became a popular pet animal because of its small size (as a juvenile), simple husbandry requirements and reasonably low price. They are often obtained as pets when they are very small and look attractive. However, the animals grow rapidly into large adults and are capable of biting their owners, resulting in them being dumped or released from captivity. Consequently, they now occur in freshwater ecosystems in many developed countries with high densities in urban wetlands. Red-eared slider turtles have been smuggled into, illegally kept and illegally released in Australia. Consequently in some parts of Australia, wild living populations are now found in urban and semi-rural areas.

09.01.2022 Please excuse the graphic photos, four foxes from Cockatoo Island that wont be digging up any more turtle nests, you may wonder why we are posting this photo as there are many so more foxes out there? Well a few weeks ago when a rain front came though Gunbower, where Cockatoo Island is, locals notice large numbers of turtles nesting unfortunately they were unable to get to the site until the following afternoon. What they found was 15 nests destroyed by the foxes overnight and they were only able to locate one intact nest, as far as I know there is only one foxes den on the Island and its close to where the raided nest were found. There is a rain front coming though in the next day or so and with it probably more nesting, lets hope these nests fair better. We have to thank the locals that go to this effort to save our turtles.

04.01.2022 Turtles Galore Four Murray River Turtles on one log with two more trying to get on! We’ll be building some Turtle Islands to give them more space to bask safely in the sun!

02.01.2022 These Turtle Islands are working a treat.. It is one thing to get it to float and turtles basking on them, it is another to get them to nest!! This is a collab...oration between Blue Mountains City Council and Western Sydney University If you are ever near Glenbrook lagoon, check it out Visit HTTP://1MillionTurtles.com or email [email protected] for more info

02.01.2022 Today marked a very special day on Yorta Yorta country. As part of the Traditional Owner Land Management Agreement across Barmah National Park, a new Team of Yo...rta Yorta Rangers will work across the park to implement priorities of the Joint Management Plan for Barmah National Park. We are excited about what this will bring for this extremely important part of Yorta Yorta country moving into the future with our people supported to be on country playing important roles of custodianship as our Ancestors have since time Immemorial.

02.01.2022 Thank you so much to everyone who participated to our questionnaire last year! We are proud to announce the first peer-reviewed publication that reports some... of our results. In this first manuscript we looked at what motivates people to participate to citizen science, and what are the reasons people stop participating. These results will be very useful to improve TurtleSAT and other similar projects! As the paper is unfortunately not open-access, feel free to send a message to this page and we'll send you a PDF copy if you're interested in reading it. Thanks again to all for participating!

01.01.2022 A nice log in the sun is the best way to spend a Sunday morning... Or any morning if you are a turtle. Turtles are ectothermic and need to warm up using the env...ironment. This time of year, basking helps them increase their metabolism to get their eggs nice and hard. Drying out their shell is important for keeping their shell free of parasites too. There are reports they will do it at night too, so if you are walking by a local wetland and know of areas with exposed logs, watch out for them. They are usually quick to jump into the water though.