Down at Mon Repos beach turtles have been layying there eggs for... well since forever I guess. For a really small fee ($9) you can watch the giant turtles layying there eggs or the little baby turtles scurrying down the beach to the sea. It depends on th time of the breeding season as to what you see. We went at the end of the reeding season so the turtles had all layed there eggs and gone off, all that was left was for hatchling turtles.
So we arrived at the information center and waited patientely. We was in luck. We did not have to wait long. After about 2 hours we was escorted down to the beach to see Logger head turtles crawling out of the beach down towards the sea. Now they need a little assisstence and certain people (Steve included) had to act as a light beacon for the turtles. Making a path of light from the beach to the sea where they swim away.
There was about 130 eggs, 120 hatched and went to the sea, one died and about 9 eggs failed to hatch. Amazing thing is Logger Heads are really rare and very endangered so was amazing to see. Loved it. We was allowed to hold one and that was really amazing too. Such a great experience.
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