06/11/2026
Love this time of the year! As a long term turtle 🐢 volunteer in the area, each year brings anticipation, joy, a bit of stress and discomfort, beauty and wonder over a nesting season. Knowing how we can all play a part to help protect these iconic species and our shared natural habitat is so important. Thanks for sharing the message Agnes Water & Town Of 1770 and the great work led by Lisa Del Riccio and the volunteers at Agnes Water Turtles
🐢 🙏
Shirley Hitschmann
Some very special visitors are arriving on our beaches. 🐢
From November to April, turtles come ashore to nest on the beaches around Agnes Water & the Town of 1770. They're shy, pretty picky about where they lay, and one fright can send them back to sea before they've nested.
If you're lucky enough to meet one:
• Stop, and stay at least 10m back
• Turn off any lights
• Stay low, still and behind her
• Keep dogs on a lead
Then settle in and enjoy the moment.
For all marine turtle sightings, call 0418 650 414.
With thanks to Agnes Water Turtles, part of the Agnes Conservation Community, for this advice.
Read more about our turtles:
https://www.visitagnes1770.com.au/turtles-in-agnes-water-and-1770/
Photo: H&M Productions AU shot on the Southern Great Barrier Reef