4Cook Island Marine Reserve, Australia

Cook Island Marine Reserve is a small protected area not too far from the Gold Coast in southeast Queensland. This place is a sanctuary for marine life, inhabited by a wide variety of fish including parrotfish, pufferfish, groupers, leopard sharks, wobbegong and resident green sea turtles. The turtles can therefore be spotted all year round.

Green and loggerhead turtles have both been recorded nesting on beaches in northern NSW with hatchlings emerging from nests from January to May. It’s worth noting, however, that Cook Island doesn’t have large turtle rookeries or the mass hatchings found at various sites in Queensland. Best time: May to October

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