Matilda's story (2012-13)

In 2012 volunteers from TurtleCare and Coolum and North Shore Coast Care partnered with Sunshine Coast Council to find out more about one special Loggerhead turtle. Matilda was fitted with a Sirtrack Fastloc tracker on the night of 6 Jan 2012 after she finished laying what was believed to be her third clutch of eggs for the season. Matilda's tracker has stopped transmitting, but we have since seen her return on our nesting beaches and can monitor her return and the return of other nesting turtles by collecting tag information from the tag numbers on the turtle’s front and rear flippers.

^{Matilda's tracking information from 2012-13 season.}