Wildlife
Mon Repos turtle rookery
Bundaberg, Queensland
Watch loggerhead turtles lay eggs or hatchlings rush to the sea on a ranger-led night walk.
- Price
- Around A$30 per adult for a guided turtle experience
- Booking
- Book ahead
- Time to allow
- 3 hours
The biggest mainland loggerhead nesting beach in the South Pacific. From November to March rangers guide small groups onto the sand at night to see turtles nest, and from January to March hatchlings scramble down to the water. Outside the season the visitor centre and beach are still pleasant for a walk.
Good to know
- Book the evening tour well ahead, it sells out in peak weeks
- Bring a torch with a red filter or leave it in the car, white light disturbs the turtles
- Rugged up for the sea breeze, it gets chilly
- Best time
- Nov to Mar, evenings
- Open
- Nov to Mar for turtles
- Getting there
- Sealed road, car park at the visitor centre
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Toilets
- Drinking water
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