Since 1970 Every year the 22nd April is celebrated
as Earth Day – Events are held in more than 192 countries. The mission is to broaden,
diversify and activate the environmental movement worldwide, through a
combination of education, public policy, and consumer campaigns
To
celebrate this event we will be releasing two of our terrapins that are doing
very well. Fatso and Sharky have both put on weight and are no longer moulting
so we feel they are ready to go back into the wetland.
This
week Vanessa has also started to join us a few days a week to help with the
terrapins and turtle monitoring. On Tuesday she helped with setting and retrieving
the traps and managed to get her first terrapin. She has also started to train
us in the use of the drones.
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| Vanessa with her first terrapin- a juvenile Black Mud. |
Last
week we added 3 new sites to our terrapin trapping and have had some great
catches. Our first juvenile animal (less than 10cm) and another small adult. We
have already recaptured the juvenile and caught another adult – fantastic for our
population estimates.
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| The Banyan tree float under construction |
There
is a lot of action around the hotel at the moment as they will be participating
in the Carnival in Victoria this coming weekend. The float is being prepared
and the staff are out practicing their dancing routines. In town there are lots
of decorations up- it is looking like a colourful, musical weekend.
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| Carnival colour |
As
some of the schools are on holiday at the moment we have had a few parents and
children come to see us at the centre.
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| Children and parents getting some information about the terrapins |
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