The mass coral bleaching currently seen on large parts of the Great Barrier Reef has left people feeling saddened. It’s also prompted people to ask how Ningaloo is faring.
Paul Gamblin, spoke with GWN about what’s happening on Ningaloo Reef. fb.watch/rDcgbFzNz1/

Celebrating World Heritage Day means recognising the Ningaloo Coast for its incredible biodiversity, and that Exmouth Gulf deserves the same protection.

See why Exmouth Gulf is so important to videographer Nush Freedman
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📽️ @nushfreedman @andrererekura

There’s been a lot of leopard sharks spotted on the Nyinggulu lately!

Did you know they are also found in Exmouth Gulf?!

Support research by taking photos of the left side and dorsal fin, and share your sightings here:

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Ningaloo Reef is underpinned by its nursery, Exmouth Gulf, where fish, turtles, mantas, sea snakes, rays and many more feed, rest and shelter.

📽️ Nush Freedman

While other sea turtle species visit, critically endangered hawksbills, endangered green turtles, and threatened loggerheads call the Ningaloo coast home.

📸 Brooke Pyke

How dreamy is this!

Colours from above the coral gardens, Nyinggulu Sea Country.

📸 Laura Gs photography

Our ‘Greetings from Australia’ billboards in Kassel, Germany are making news.
The billboards have got journalists in Australia and Germany asking questions about K+S’s plans for a massive industrial saltworks.
Read the articles here protectningaloo.org.au/in-the-media/

It’s time this west coast chart-topper got the fame it deserves watoday.com.au/national/weste…

Huge congratulations to Artemis Media and crew winning Documentary Program or Series Production of the Year at the Screen Producers Australia Awards for Ningaloo Nyinggulu.
Watch the the three-part documentary series on iview to see wonders of Exmouth Gulf and Ningaloo.

Whale sharks return! Mass coral spawning attracts an abundance of krill and plankton, and whale sharks aggregate at Ningaloo every year to feed.

📸 Holly Matheson, Ningaloo Discovery

New ABC article gathers reactions from local people in Kassel, Germany, to the ‘postcard’ billboards we’re running in the city where K+S, the corporation behind the controversial proposed Exmouth Gulf saltworks, has its headquarters.
Alistair Bates, ABC 👉 tinyurl.com/3rnu5snt

Ningaloo coast is a vital nesting ground for green, hawksbill, flatback, and leatherback turtles.

Visitors can book educational tours with Jurabi Turtle Centre.

📸 Brooke Pyke

Exmouth-based filmmaker, Nush Freedman has captured so poignantly the wildlife that makes Nyinggulu-Exmouth Gulf a special place, and why we need to look after it.

📽️ Nush Freedman and Andre Rerekura

These stunning murals in Carnarvon feature some of our favourite Nyinggulu creatures 🐋

There’s more murals being created all the time and many involve the community working alongside established artists.

A hint at what’s more to come as you travel along the coast!

Exmouth Gulf has been described as a global lifeline for some of the ocean’s most extraordinary inhabitants.

Read about Rebecca Bateman’s research 👉 tinyurl.com/4r6ud2pm

Rebecca Bateman-John Melissa Cristina Márquez

Today is World Wetlands Day, so we’re celebrating the incredible wetlands of #ExmouthGulf !
Wetlands provide vital habitat and nutrients to the Gulf, supporting many threatened species.

🎥Andre Rerekura filmed this in just one day!

Remora and golden trevally have a mutualistically symbiotic relationship with manta rays, and they are commonly seen together on #NingalooReef .

📸 Louis Richter

An incredible encounter in Exmouth Gulf!

These curious humpbacks ended the day surrounding Nush Freedman and Andre Rerekura 🐋

Thank you for helping us protect this humpback whale resting, nursing and feeding ground.

📸 @terraastralis