Nesting season is approaching for critically endangered loggerhead sea turtles which lay eggs on Bribie Island where seemingly endless streams of four-wheel drives plow through their nests leaving corpses strewn on the beach.
Diane Oxenford's heart breaks when she sees the dead bodies of little turtles strewn across the white sand of Bribie Island's beaches.Nesting season approaches for the critically endangered loggerhead turtle on Bribie IslandVolunteer turtle trackers will spend the next few months trying to stop the turtles from being killed
"It's a marine park here. So why do we allow four-wheel drives on our beach, off-leash dogs in our dunes, and jet-skis in our waters?"Diane Oxenford, Ann Percival, Jean Taplin, and Jenny Archer wake up at the crack of dawn to search for turtle nests.Jean Tilpa is one of the volunteers who, from November, will spend the next few months waking up at the crack of dawn to clear litter and lay mesh over the nests.
"We need to educate people and we need to start with the children. If we don't it's lost forever," Ms Tilpa said.Jenny Archer is one of the citizen scientists who will be tasked with tagging turtles for the Mon Repos Turtle Centre.
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