Sometimes the Sulphur Crested Cockatoos are often see around our resort. One day when I was speaking during a Turtle Tour under the shade of a large tree, a Sulphur Crested Cockatoos swooped in and landed in the branches directly above my head. I promptly relocated a metre to the side with the warning for people that they like to try to drop things on you. Well sure enough as I continued speaking a little black and white bomb came hurtling down and landed with a moist splash on the ground not ten centimetres to my right. Looking up I saw that
Fitzroy Island Nature Wrap – July 2016
Wow- what can I say about July? This month has truly been dominated by marine sightings. The whales are back and being sighted with some regularity from the beach, on the Fast Cat transfers and even from the Lighthouse! A Manta Ray has also been frequently spotted in both Welcome Bay and around the corner at Shark Fin Bay. Guests on the Glass Bottom Boat tours have been lucky enough to spot this magnificent creature as it careens through the water- on one particularly memorable sighting it was being closely followed by a small Reef Shark that was seeking shelter
Fitzroy Island Nature Wrap – June 2016
June has been a really intense month as far as the wild life goes- this island has just taken it to a whole new level! It’s difficult to know where to begin but I’ll throw my mind back to the start of the month and see what I can tell you. So last month Ella the Green Sea Turtle left Fitzroy Island and was sent back into Cairns to be fitted with a satellite tracker ahead of her release. And what an incredible release it was- you may have caught the coverage of it on 60 Minutes. Incredibly Ella did
Fitzroy Island Nature Wrap – May 2016
What an amazing start to the month!!!! First we had a simply glorious day soaked in sunshine, great visibility in the water again and then on the 2nd of May our delighted guests were treated to a genuine thrill during the morning fish feed when a medium-sized shark- unfortunately I could not see it well enough to identify its species- came cruising through the middle of the feed. Some excited guests threw fistfuls of pellets at the water whipping the fish into a frenzy in the hope that the shark might get excited and try to eat the fish; but
Fitzroy Island Nature Wrap – April 2016
April was a mixed month in terms of weather with some gorgeous sunshine and some drizzly rain – but the animals were absolutely in their element and we had some truly special sightings around the island. April also marked the return of our favourite family of future marine biologists- a truly special family that visited the island last year. During their last visit their gorgeous daughter was so enamoured with the work undertaken at the Turtle Rehabilitation Centre that she actually started making and selling her own turtle bookmarks to raise funding for the Centre. This amazing girl single-handedly raised