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DARK SECRETS: Turtle nesting populations increase on curtis island while report finds light pollution affects hatchlings - The Real Truth

On the doorstep of an industrial city, Trevor Turner patrols his local beach keeping watch over vulnerable sea turtles.

"You look around and it's like, wow, this is special," he said.

For 13 years Mr Turner has doggedly worked to protect the species, earning him the nickname "turtle man" in the small community of Southend on Curtis Island, off the central Queensland coast.

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