Australian Reptile Park's Tim Faulkner to launch crowd funding campaign for Purvis' turtle in Wingham

Julia Driscoll
Updated August 22 2018 - 4:36pm, first published August 18 2018 - 8:00pm
Turtle time: Tim Faulkner, and son Billy, with a Manning River helmeted turtle. Photo: with permission of Tim Faulkner
Turtle time: Tim Faulkner, and son Billy, with a Manning River helmeted turtle. Photo: with permission of Tim Faulkner

The Manning River Turtle Conservation Group is hosting a free community information evening on Tuesday night, August 21 at Wingham Memorial Services Club.

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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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