By Stephanie Holliday
TURTLES are imperative to our local ecosystem and are culturally significant to Yorta Yorta people as both a totemic protector and for some species, as a food source.
Turtles Australia and RiverConnect will present a ‘Turtle Talk’ on Friday, January 20. This fun, free and family-friendly school holidays activity will take place at Cussen Park, Tatura from 10.00am until 12.30pm.
Turtles Australia experts will talk all things turtle during this interactive activity, with some special guests of the Broadshell, Eastern Long-neck and Murray Short-necked turtle variety.
Tatura local Ava has attended various Turtle Talk sessions with her children over the years.
“Living in Tatura, in particular being close to Cussen Park, we have seen many stray turtles trying to cross roads or wandering even further from their natural habitat,” said Ava.
“It’s great I can bring the kids along to something like this so they gain an understanding of just how important turtles are and how we can best protect them. It doesn’t hurt that they are also super cute.”
Turtles Australia focus on the preservation of Australian freshwater turtles through educating the public and conducting research about the endangered Broad Shelled turtle and the threatened Murray short necked turtle which are both found in our local waterways.
Learn how to identify turtles, their life history, threats to our local populations, and how we can help to protect these fascinating animals. To book in, please visit events.humanitix.com/turtle-talk prior to Friday January 20.
