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The sunset over the Mitchell river highlights a corypha palm.
Ready to set our sampling gear in the Norman River!
On board the SARA research vessel our volunteer Amandine takes data while our volunteer Greg handles a juvenile bull shark.
The sawfish's gills are flushed with water during the work up.
Can you see the crocodile's foot prints? The entrance to a hide out of a saltwater crocodile Crocodylus porosus. The belly slide is around 50 cm wide, indicating a large animal.
Volunteers learn our field methods
A group of pelicans - which is called a pod - in the southern Gulf of Carpenteria
A group of brolgas, the Australian crane
The SARA field team with the Kowanyama Land and Sea Rangers before saying good bye.
One of ur sampling locations the Wenlock River
Our research vessel from the perspective of a white bellied sea eagle
a tagged juvenile bull shark C. leucas swims off in the Wenlock River.
The Sharks And Rays Australia research vessel on the way to a sampling location in the Wenlock River.
The SARA field team together with Dr Ross Dwyer from UQ and the team from the Steve Irwin Reserve. We had an amazing time, thank you Barry and Shelley!
A kingfisher flies past the exposed walls of the river bed of the Wenlock River during the dry season.
An emu visits the SARA camp in FNQ
Our volunteer Laura releases a juvenile eagle ray Ateobatus narinari.
As part of the research indiction provided by Sharks And Rays Australia, Dr Wueringer demonstrates how to tag a shark or sawfish right below the dorsal fin.
A 3m long saltwater crocodile glides into the waters of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
A juvenile freshwater whip ray ready to be released. The protective spine cover is still on the tail.
Our volunteer Stuart climbed up to our camp at low tide to grab the dinner that the camp crew had cooked for us. Upon arrival with the food, he calmly said "no seconds tonight".
Two white-bellied sea eagles Haliaeetus leucogaster soak up the warmth of the morning sun on a dead cabbage palm Coryphan utan. This palm grows to a height of about 20m, and at the age of 30 – 40 years produces a 5 m high inflorescence that carries about 1m million flowers. After fruiting the plant dies.
our volunteer field assistant Sheridan Brodie is ready to release a juvenile bull shark in the Mitchell River, after it has been sampled and tagged.
A freshwater whip ray Himantura dalyensis that we caught measured 120 cm in disk width. Mitchell River, Kowanyama.
Barbara Wueringer explains the biology of sawfish to the Traditional Land Owners of Kowanyama.
A juvenile freshwater sawfish Pristis pristis is tied to the boat, and slowly brought into shallower water to be worked up.
Barbara distributes our flyers in the Daintree Village, encouraging people to submit sawfish sightings to our database.
We just caught a bull shark Carcharhinus leucas!
While most people heard about this year’s el Nino event, which killed approximately 22% of the coral cover of the Great Barrier Reef, not so many people have heard about the extensive, and unexplained mangrove die-offs, that happened in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria. Kilometer long stretches of mangroves were affected. What will this mean for the animals that inhabit mangroves, and for the functionality of this important ecosystem?
A black whip snake Demansia vestigiata swims across the river and almost into our gill net. A second one was rescued from the net and delivered to the other side of the river.
Barbara explains our research and our methods to the Gangalidda-Garawa Rangers of the Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation. A sawfish forms part of this groups’ logo, indicating the traditional importance of these animals in the region.
The Kownayama Indigenous Land and Sea Rangers, Traditional Land Owners and SARA field assistants are inducted into the methods used for capturing, tagging and releasing sharks, rays and sawfish for research.
Some of our research sites are hard to reach, as roads are easily washed away. Here we were on our way to Kowanyama.
volunteers taking time out in a popular swimming and river crossing spot in the Wenlock River
SARA's volunteer field assistant Kristie holds a tagged juvenile bull shark while Barbara slowly drives the boat back to the capture location. Wenlock River
SARA's voluntere field assistant Kristie holds a tagged juvenile bull shark while Barbara slowly drives the boat back to the capture location. Wenlock River
Our expedition vehicle parked under the milky way near the Wenlock River
The gill net that has caught this juvenile freshwater sawfish Pristis pristis has to be carefully but quickly removed, as to not damage the rostral teeth. Norman River.
The SARA research vessel is tied up in the Norman River. In the distance our set gear is visible.
The food on our expeditions is quite gourmet. We cook together, with local produce, preferably organic.
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