http://www.maryriverturtle.com/about Tiaro & District Landcare Group Weblog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:00:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our Project Officer, Marilyn Connell, has been awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship 2010. This Fellowship will enable her to travel overseas and investigate Community based turtle projects in Malaysia (Turtle Conservation Centre, Terengganu and Turtle Conservation Project, Sri Lanka) and undertake a Field course on river turtle conservation, management and ... http://www.maryriverturtle.com/about/?p=181 Title: Tiaro Catch & Release Fishing CompetitionLocation: Petrie Park, TiaroDescription: All welcome to join in Family weekend, enjoying the river, catching fish, releasing them & winning prizes (Juniors, Seniors & Family)Start Date: 2010-10-30End Date: 2010-10-31 http://www.maryriverturtle.com/about/?p=180 Title: World turtle tripDescription: Marilyn & Deb leave today for their tour of turtle projects in Malaysia, Sri Lanka & Brazil.Start Date: 2010-09-02Start Time: 13:55End Date: 2010-10-14 http://www.maryriverturtle.com/about/?p=179 Title: Landcare MeetingLocation: Tiaro Primary SchoolDescription: Monthly meeting. All welcome. Back to weekday evening meetings now the Tiaro bridge is functional again.Start Time: 19:30Date: 2010-08-18 http://www.maryriverturtle.com/about/?p=178 Title: Field ResearchLocation: TiaroDescription: UQ team conducting field work on the Mary River turtleDate: 2010-07-22 http://www.maryriverturtle.com/about/?p=177 Title: Bus trip to Uni of QldDescription: All day bus trip to visit Uni of Qld turtle research project & Mary River Cod hatchery at Lake Macdonald. Meet at McDowall Car Park MaryboroughStart Time: 07:00Date: 2010-07-17 http://www.maryriverturtle.com/about/?p=176 Title: Monthly meetingLocation: TESS Woocoo officeDescription: Monthly meeting followed by BYO BBQ. Meeting venue changed due to Mungar Bridge repairs.Start Time: 3:00pmDate: 2010-05-23 http://www.maryriverturtle.com/about/?p=175 Title: Uni of Qld visit Location: Hideaway pub, Tiaro Description: An informal discussion about current and future partnerships with University of Qld with Professor Craig Franklin and PhD candidate Mariana Campbell. Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2010-02-08 http://www.maryriverturtle.com/about/?p=163 A very relaxing and informative evening was spent on Monday evening with Professor Craig Franklin, PhD candidate Mariana A. de M. Campbell and Dr Hamish Campbell from the University of Qld. We greatly appreciated the effort Craig made to travel to Tiaro & fit us into his hectic schedule. It ... http://www.maryriverturtle.com/about/?p=166 February is generally our wettest month. Rarely do we have any nests with unhatched eggs at this time of year and consequently don't have to worry about the likelihood of flood waters inundating nests. However this year we still have a number of unhatched clutches. With a rising river in ... http://www.maryriverturtle.com/about/?p=164