2025-2026 Mon Repos Turtle Season—Ticket sales for the Turtle Encounter night tours will open on Tuesday 2 September 2025 at 1pm.

 

Mon Repos Conservation Park is a quiet coastal oasis close to the city of Bundaberg. Here visitors can enjoy exploring the coastal environment along the beach, walking tracks and a shared trail for walkers and cyclists, and learn about marine turtle conservation.

For turtle conservation, Mon Repos is a globally significant site that supports the largest concentration of nesting marine turtles on the eastern Australian mainland, and the most significant loggerhead turtle nesting population in the South Pacific region. The success of the loggerhead nesting and hatching turtles at Mon Repos is critical for the survival of this endangered species.

Throughout the year the Mon Repos Turtle Centre is a hub for visitors and marine turtle conservation. Take a walk through the interpretive displays and learn about the turtle’s lifecycle, the threats they face and the role of conservation. The centre does not display captive, live turtles.

From November to late March, Turtle Encounter tour visitors can see nesting and hatching turtles on the beach at night.

For more information see the Mon Repos Conservation Park web page.