Australian Reptile Park and Aussie Ark Manning River Turtle Project 2018 campaign launch

Julia Driscoll
Updated February 5 2019 - 11:27am, first published August 27 2018 - 5:30pm
Tim Faulkner and Dan Rumsey from ARP with Jacaranda Estate owner Mark Smith (centre) taste testing the Tipsy Turtle Vodka. Photo: Julia Driscoll
Tim Faulkner and Dan Rumsey from ARP with Jacaranda Estate owner Mark Smith (centre) taste testing the Tipsy Turtle Vodka. Photo: Julia Driscoll

The call is out for local community members and businesses to join together to help build an insurance population of our endangered Manning River turtle.

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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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