The largest concentration of nesting marine turtles on the eastern Australian mainland occurs at Mon Repos. Location

Shopping center is across the road. Comfy furniture and decorated to delight - a home to enjoy. Largely tropical in range, flatback turtles are very rare arrivals here.Shane gets on the radio to turtle expert Dr Col Limpus, somewhere along the beach. Very comfortable here.

Visit Lady Elliot Island, Heron Island or Mon Repos Beach to witness the exciting event.

The success of the loggerhead nesting and hatching turtles at Mon Repos is critical for the survival of this endangered species. This one is pretty obvious, but please – be sure to take all litter with you when you go, to prevent it harming any animals – in the water, or on the beach.Spotted a nesting turtle coming ashore?

However, you are definitely welcome to book a guided turtle encounter if you would like to visit the beach at night.Stay off the dunes – turtles nest here, and you may inadvertently damage a nest's precious contents. Every November to March, some 360 female turtles heave themselves ashore at 1.6-kilometre Mon Repos beach – the biggest turtle rookery on Australia’s east coast – to lay and bury their eggs, repeating a cycle of nature dating back to dinosaur days. Please read the house rules and "must know" section before booking. “Their behaviour isn’t learned and sometimes they just get it wrong.”On prehistoric automatic pilot, the turtle’s indifference to us is astounding.
Access to Mon Repos Beach is by ticket only, and you must book your visit to Mon Repos during the turtle season (November to February). Then, between January and March the hatchlings leave their nests and race down to the sea. It's important that we do all we can to ensure turtles continue on their way to their nesting sites. Later, walking along the sand with ranger Shane O’Connor, we spy a noticeably different turtle track.“Looks like we’ve got a flatback,” he says, tracing it to a dark-coloured turtle with a shell less domed than the loggerhead’s, and with an upturned rim. He’s behind many a famous turtle fact, such as the discovery that they return to their birthplace (or nearby) to nest.He’s also worked tirelessly to save Mon Repos’s turtles from offshore shrimp trawling, feral foxes and even more feral property developers. Mon Repos Conservation Park is a quiet coastal oasis where you can enjoy walking and cycling tracks and experience the wonder of a turtle encounter. Plan ahead to get the best options for your Mon Repos experience. The bed was really comfortable and thoughtful little touches helped in settling us in quickly over our three night stay. 31 post(s) Now with Air conditioning to the three bedrooms. “She’s got one more clutch,” he says, after examining the egg follicles. Every year, hundreds of turtles make their way back to Home to the largest concentration of nesting marine turtles on the eastern cost, Mon Repos also plays host to the South Pacific Ocean's most significant nesting population of the endangered Loggerhead turtle. Herded together on the moonlit sand out of turtle sight, we watch Mon Repos’s rangers mill about like a diva’s PR team, phoning in updates.“No, she’s not ready,” ranger Cathy Gatley tells her walkie-talkie. Every November to March, some 360 female turtles heave themselves ashore at 1.6-kilometre Mon Repos beach – the biggest turtle rookery on Australia’s east coast – to lay and bury their eggs, repeating a cycle of nature dating back to dinosaur days.Body-pitting (flippering a shallow depression) is the prelude to egg-chambering (digging a laying hole with back flippers). The unit is just off the main drag was very close to restaurants, shops and other Bundaberg attractions too. In far smaller numbers the fla… There’s a literal deadline – after two hours, handling will tear newly formed embryonic membranes, with fatal consequences.“Who wants to help relocate the eggs?” Cathy asks.
Mon Repos caters for everyone from young families to the grey nomads. Mon Repos hosts the largest concentration of nesting marine turtles on the eastern Australian mainland and supports the most significant nesting population of the endangered loggerhead turtle in the South Pacific Ocean. Please don't touch! 2 post(s) This beautiful home, a hidden gem. Belong anywhere with Airbnb.

Bereft of fight or flight instinct, she starts to lay, and we each have a close-up view of the wet, white eggs slipping from leathery hindquarters into the sand-pit. Mon Repos Conservation Park is a national park containing an important turtle rookery located at Mon Repos, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east of Bundaberg. “They’re creatures of instinct,” explains Cathy.