An extremely lucky sea creature who found himself in an unfortunate situation, has found his way safely back home.
Little ‘Wray’ the friendly green sea turtle became trapped in an abandoned crab pot near Long Island and has been taken care of and safely released back into the wild by Fauna Rescue Whitsundays, Libby Edge and Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
Local resident John Whatmough came to little Wray’s rescue that day.
"The turtle was extremely lucky he did not drown in that crab pot as he had been caught in it for who knows how long?" he said.
The loveable turtle caught a lift out to sea on Friday with Eco Barge and was released safely.
While celebrating the turtle’s happy ending, Libby Edge along with Eco Barge Clean Seas volunteers were also celebrating World Ocean Day with a trip to Shaw Island.
Together, the eco-friendly group were able to remove a total of 278kg of marine debris.
This week the Eco Barge Clean Seas Inc. band of volunteers will count and sort this huge pile of marine debris and enter each and every piece into a national marine debris data base to help find out where and what types of marine debris enters the Whitsunday islands.
Founding Chair of Eco Barge Clean Seas Inc. Libby Edge wants to thank all the support from Bingo Whitsunday at Club Crocodile and the hard effort all the volunteers who made World Oceans Day such a great success.
"That is 278 kilos less plastic in our precious marine environment. This is the best gift we can give back to our oceans and marine life," Libby said.
"This clean up day was a true community effort to help protect our local marine environment."
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