Mackay and District Turtle Watch
Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal P/L has provided four much needed data loggers to the Mackay and District Turtle Watch Association and a feature of the Terminal is a turtle friendly lighting environment.
The Mackay District Turtle Watch Association (M&D.T.W.A) was officially formed in 1992 from a group of 30 interested members of the community. The reason the group was formed grew from the fact that while it was known that turtle nesting activity took place on various Mackay District beaches there was no official information available on this activity. Since the formation of the Association, monitoring and collecting data on nesting and hatchling marine turtles in the Mackay district has enabled a data base of information to be assembled over the years. The Association and volunteer members are trained and operate under a permit issued by the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. All data and information collected is shared with the Queensland Turtle Research Program under the direction of DR Col Limpus.
The Mackay District Turtle Watch Association also recognized early,
the benefit of public education and compliments the data collection
with an extensive education program. Volunteers visit schools,
community groups and provide public displays of turtle information
and education.
http://www.mackayturtles.org.au/index.html