World Turtle Day - Build a sand turtle to Save our flatbacks!

On Sunday May 23rd, several environmental organisations across northern Australia are connecting to participate in a joint event on World Turtle Day. All around the beaches of northern Australia, groups and individuals will be building flatback turtles from sand to send Environment Minister Peter Garrett the message 'Save Our Flatbacks'.

What: Create a Flatback turtle out of sand on your local beach to save our flatbacks!

When: Sunday, May 23rd (World Turtle Day)

When: 10am all around the country!

Who: The Wilderness Society (Perth & Cairns), Environs Kimberley (Broome), Australian Marine Conservation Society (Darwin), The Turtle Restoration Network (based in the USA). If you wish to particpate in one of the above locations, please contact the coordinators below.

Locations and Contact:

• Perth - South Cottesloe dog beach, Jenita Enevoldsen jenita.enevoldsen@wilderness.org.au      
• Broome - Cable beach, Emma Belfield emma@environskimberley.org.au
• Darwin - Mindil beach, Prue Barnard pruebarnard@amcs.org.au
• Cairns - Northern end of Cairns Esplanade - near the fun ship., Di Horsborough  di.horsburgh@wilderness.org.au
  

Don't live near any of the above locations? no worries - make your own flatback sand turtle on your local beach and email a photo of it (smaller than 100kg in jpeg format) to: jenita.enevoldsen@wilderness.org.au (please include your names and location) or post it to our flicker page!

Take Action now!

This outdoor event will coincide with an online petition that will send a message to our Environment Minister to "Save Our Flatbacks!", by creating a large network of marine sanctuaries across their home in Northern Australia. To sign now hit:  http://amcs.org.au/WhatWeDo.asp?active_page_id=649

To find out more about the lifecycle of the flatback turtle and why it is of international importance that we take action to protect them in Northern Australia, please click here.