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An Agnes Conservation Community (ACC) citizen science project that collects & collates marine turtle nest activity data.

Data is shared with Qld's DES and local agencies helping to inform land management so turtles continue to nest on our beaches

01/07/2026

Do you know what to do when you see a turtle on the beach? These awesome beach goers knew - call Agnes Water Turtles 📞 0418 560 414 👌🏼

We work directly with rehabilitation centres to determine if the turtle requires care, if it's sick or injured.

DO NOT PLACE TURTLES BACK IN THE WATER! ❌
We heard that this very sick and underweight turtle was placed back into the ocean yesterday 🫣 delaying much needed care.

Thank you for calling us and waiting with the turtle until we arrived to assess and organise transport to rehab 🙌🏼 Much appreciated 🙏🏼

This turtle is now at the rehab Quoin Island Turtle Rehabilitation Centre.

27/06/2026

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20/06/2026

The fastest way to report a turtle in trouble in Agnes Water / 1770. Call us ⬇
In other areas use the QWildlife app 🐢

📢 Remember - never put a turtle back in the water. It's on land for a reason - sick, injured or basking. Contact us so we can make an assessment, we work directly with turtle rehabilitation centres. 👌🏼

01/06/2026

📣 Where's can I see turtles nesting? 🤔
We hear this a lot during nesting season .... Just down the road at Mon Repos! 🙌🏼 Book now for educational and interactive Turtle Encounter Tours ⬇️⬇️

Agnes Water doesn't have high nesting numbers, so chances of seeing a turtle here are low. Also, turtles are easily spooked by people's presence back into the water without laying 😞 Every local nest is precious, so if you love turtles book tickets below 💚. Mon Repos is a very busy nesting beach - you will see turtles 🐢👌🏼

Get in early, tickets do sell out!

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29/05/2026

Fund raiser for Safe Haven - AACE Turtle Hospital. ⬇️⬇️
Safe Haven is one of the rehab centres that takes in sick or insured turtles from Agnes/ 1770. 🐢🐢

This is a great opportunity to support local turtle conservation 👌🏼 For a fun afternoon, head down to Baffle Creek Tav and support a local not-for-profit, volunteer, native species wildlife rehabilitation centre. 🙌🏼

26/05/2026

Sad start to the day 😞
Deceased juvenile green turtle in the 1770 sandbar 🐢

A report to QWildlife is being made.
Thank you Jess and Gemma for letting us know and checking the turtle. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

For all Agnes Water/ 1770 turtle strandings please call 0418 659 414

30/04/2026

Three turtle strandings in 2 days 😔
🙌🏼 Thank you everyone involved in the rescue efforts 👌🏼

📞 The people who contacted us - Janita, Leanne, Lorraine & Cool Bananas backpackers - we especially love that you stayed with the turtles 🫶🏼

💪🏼 The muscle that helped us lift the 145kg adult into the ute for transport - Neil Mergard and Chris + the lovely young man we accosted riding past 🚴🏼‍♀️

🐢 Kel and Rob from Turtle Action Group 🙏🏼 and of course our awesome AWT trained stranding responders and taxis Alan and Natalie 🙏🏼.

🚗 All 3 turtles have been transported to AACE - Deepwater Turtle Rehab and are receiving care.

If you see a turtle on a 1770 or Agnes Water beach please call 0418 650 414 - save the number 📱
We liaise directly with rehabilitation centres

Remember - It's important to NOT place turtles back in the water. They are on land for a reason. .

23/04/2026

🐢 Another season monitoring marine turtle nesting ends ...

Thank you Agnes Water Turtle and Turtle Action Group volunteers for your dedication patrolling our beaches daily in all weather conditions for the past 5 months 🚶🏼‍♀️👣 👀

You walk despite at times soaking rain 🌧️ and wind whipping sand 🌬️ , carefully checking for and recording nest activity, picking up rubbish, talking turtle with beach goers and promoting beach stewardship. You are all legends 🙌🏼 👌🏼🙏🏼

📣 Big shout out to the Agnes Water Turtle volunteers thst held interactive educational sessions at our local school 🙌🏼 Students learnt about marine turtle threats and ecology, and the role citizen science has in helping turtles 🫶🏼

Thank you too wonderful Agnes beach community for communicating with and supporting us all season. 🧡
See you all next season 🐢

Agnes Water Turtles was supported by Burnett Mary Regional Group & the Qld Govt Nest to Ocean Turtle Protection Program - thank you

10/04/2026

Nesting season is officially over! 🙌🏼 (But here in Agnes we are not quite done yet …)

Huge thank you to everyone who helped protect our turtles this season. 🙏🏼 Specifically to those who respected the dog restrictions on Chinamans and kept their fur babies away from nests on other beaches. 🐾 We noticed your care and appreciate your efforts.👌🏼

We still have a few nests incubating. Please continue to ✅️ Respect the marked nest sites and give the nests space.

Let’s get those last hatchlings to the water safely. 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

30/03/2026

From Turtleman Foundation, South Carolina 👌🏼 Different continent - same principles 🌏

🐢🌊 Why Should We Not Touch Sea Turtles?

Sea turtles are highly sensitive wildlife, especially during their early life stages. Hatchlings depend on natural instincts and environmental cues — such as moonlight, beach slope, and ocean reflections — to safely reach the sea. During this journey, they also begin to imprint the Earth’s magnetic field, which helps them navigate across the oceans and return years later, as adults, to the same beach where they were born to nest.

Human handling, even with good intentions, can cause stress, disorientation, and exhaustion. Physical contact may also transfer bacteria, sunscreen residues, or chemicals that can affect their health and survival.

Only trained and authorized conservation personnel should handle sea turtles when necessary for protection, research, or rescue efforts.

By observing from a respectful distance, we help ensure that hatchlings complete one of the most critical journeys of their lives — their first swim into the ocean.

💚 Every action matters.
🐢 Saving one turtle at a time.

Address

Agnes Water, QLD
4677

Telephone

+61427358201

Website

https://agnescc.org.au/

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