Rehabilitating sick Manning River turtle for wild release | video

Julia Driscoll
February 23 2020 - 7:00pm
Just keep swimming: The Manning River turtle being nursed back to health by Brenton Asquith is active and putting on weight. Photo: Julia Driscoll
Just keep swimming: The Manning River turtle being nursed back to health by Brenton Asquith is active and putting on weight. Photo: Julia Driscoll

Taree reptile enthusiast Brenton Asquith has something in his loungeroom that nobody else in our region does - a Manning River turtle in a temporary tank.

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Julia Driscoll

Julia Driscoll

Journalist

Julia Driscoll has worked as a journalist for the Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Times for seven years. She values the deep connection with community that being a rural and regional journalist brings. Career highlights have involved environmental stories - bringing the plight of the little known endangered Manning River helmeted turtle to the attention of the public, resulting in wide-spread knowledge in the community and conservation action; and breaking the news of the Manning River ceasing to run for the first time in recorded history.

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