Noosa News
Cronulla the flatback turtle comes home
A little flatback turtle — said to have had a real life Finding Nemo moment — has been returned back to Queensland waters after it was swept up by a current and washed up thousands of kilometres from home.
It is believed the animal fell ill and was swept down from the Queensland coast by the East Australian Current, according to Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre co founder Jennie Gilbert.
The species is native to Queensland and southern Papua New Guinea waters but this flatback turtle was named ‘Cronulla’ after the Sydney beach…
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