Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
Wilson Island, Australia; April 2009 Did you catch my video of a turtle hatchling on Heron Island earlier this week? On nearby Wilson Island, we were lucky enough to find the discarded shells. The turtles nest above the high-tide mark – sometimes in nice fine sand but sometimes a little higher into the leaf litter. [...]
Video of a turtle hatchling crawling to the sea on Heron Island set to “Girl You Never Knew” by Georgia Wonder. Adult turtles have no natural predators, but only one in a thousand make it that far. On Heron Island in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, I follow one newborn green turtle on its hazardous first [...]
British guy Ben Southall started the so-called “best job in the world” for Tourism Queensland about a month ago. How is he doing so far? Are you reading Ben’s blog or following him on Twitter? If not, why not? If so, what do you think so far? Please let me know in the comments. In [...]
Wilson Island, Australia; April 2009 Turtles remain my favourite but manta rays come a close second. Rays are astoundingly graceful; they move through the water in a long, unrushed glide, their wings rippling ever so slightly. We did not see as many rays as turtles during our stay on Heron and Wilson Island on the [...]
I’ve teased you with pictures of turtle tracks on the beach and a cautionary tale about losing my toenail in my zeal to see baby turtles. But I’ve been withholding photos of the actual turtles. My friends, I shall tease you no longer. Beautiful, isn’t it? This one actually surfaced to breathe right next to [...]
Wilson Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia; April 2009 Unless you are distracted by the brilliant white of the sand or the jewel-like blue ocean, you might be wondering why I’m wearing a sock on one foot. This is a cautionary tale. For those of you who were hoping for photos of baby turtles as a [...]
Wilson Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia; April 2009 My love affair with turtles goes back to when I was 21 and on holiday in Tobago in the Carribbean. I’d just spent four months volunteering in Guyana, which was a fascinating experience but hard work. We had to take extreme precautions for personal security and there [...]
Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia; April 2009 During our week on Heron Island for our honeymoon we met another couple, Campbell and Elizabeth from Sydney, and we hung out a few times. The dive and snorkel boats were cancelled for the first few days of our stay due to high seas so we [...]
I’m back in London after nearly a month in Australia for my wedding and honeymoon. I can totally recommend a honeymoon – it was probably the most relaxing holiday of my adult life, which was just the ticket after the stress of organising a wedding! We went to Heron Island and Wilson Island on the [...]
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