Western Swamp Tortoise

Tortoise Tales #37 (2025)

Latest information about the tortoises’ biology and efforts to conserve them, including research into incubation methods.

Western Swamp Tortoise

Tortoise Tales #36 (2024)

Tortoise Tales 36 2024 – Celebrating 20 years of advocacy and education!

Tortoise Tales #35 (2023)

Aveley Primary School students recently performed a story about the Western Swamp Tortoise at a festival and won an award.

Tortoise Tales #34 (2023)

Education team: Q&A time with Gooseberry Hill Primary School students

Learning about the WST with the Year 5 students. Cathy Levett took questions from the children and grouped them according to topic, then answered them as follows. Q: How fast do they move? How fast are they in the water / on land? Not very fast on land but when they get to the water they […]

Chairperson’s report, 2022

On the 31st of August, 147 tortoises were released at Moore River NP. There were over 70 participants, many new members of the group. A further 40 tortoises were released down at Scott River NP. An e-news bulletin has been initiated as the committee is keen to involve people all over WA in the work […]

Kids creating their own books about the WST

With the encouragement of educator Cathy Levett (Vice-chair of the Friends group), Year 5 student Jennifer Wilcox recently sent us the activity book she created, which we will be sharing via the website and Facebook. We’ve previously featured All Because I Crossed the Road by student Rachael Wu. Another student, Neeve Blackham-Jennings, also wrote and […]

Tortoise Tales #33 (2022)

The latest news from the Friends group is now available here