Australian Gourmet Traveller - (03)March 2019 (1)

GOURMET TRAVELLER 23

Heron Island, Queensland

It’s turtle season at a handful of

Queensland islands and beaches, the

critical few months until May when

hatchlings emerge from the sand and

begin their race for the sea and survival.

Remarkably, females return to the same

beach decades later to nest and rest.

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