01 ngo 05
Ukufuduka kweLwandle lwaseHeron
Ngaba ukhe wafuna ukubona ama-turtles endle, kodwa ukhathazekile ukuba ukwenza oko kuya kuphazamisa indawo yabo yendalo? Ukuba kunjalo, unokuba ufuna ukufaka isiqithi saseHeron kuluhlu lwebhakethi lwakho lokuhamba, njengoko le nxalenye enhle yase Queensland inikeza amava anjengezinye!
Ukubonelela ngeendawo ezikhuselekileyo ezizinzileyo zokuqhubela ii-turtles zaseGreen kunye ne-Loggerhead, iiflabathi zaseHroon zihamba ngokukhawuleza ukuba zihambele imiphefumlo enomdla onomdla wokufakaza enye yeendlela ezihamba phambili.
Izilwanyana zaseHermon, ezikulo lonxweme lwaseQueensland, zikhumbuza iparadesi - zombini kuwe kunye nezilwanyana zasendle ezihlukahlukeneyo ezibiza le ngxenye yekhaya 'lekhaya'.
Njengesiza se-Heron Island Resort kunye ne-National Park yayo, isiqithi siyindawo yokuphupha ephuphayo kubantu abaye bafumana ubunjani bezinto eziphilayo kunye ne-biodiverse kwiindawo zonke ezikhazimulisayo, kunye nabaninzi be-scuba kunye nabaninzi be-snorkelers abanqwenela uhlolisise imifula eseduze.
02 we 05
Kutheni u tyelele isiqithi saseHeron?
Njengomhambi ukuya kwisiqithi, uza kufumana isibonelelo sokuqala sothutho oludumileyo olufudukayo oluza kulala kunye nokuqhekeza amaqanda abo, kunye nobomi baselwandle lwendawo, zonke zivela kwelinye lendalo kwaye liphefumula i-coral i-cay ehlabathini.
Unyaka ngamnye, phakathi kweenyanga zango-Oktobha nakwi-Epreli, isiqithi saseHeron sinendima yokuzalisa umhlaba kwiintlanzi ezininzi ezingamaBreen kunye ne-Loggerhead. Nangona oku kuyimangalisa ngokwayo, ii-turtles azifiki nje kwisiqithi okokuqala.
Kunoko, bazalisa umjikelezo omhle kwaye ongenakuqhekeka, iminyaka engama-30 ekwenzeni. Iintlanzi zizalwe kwisiqithi saseHeron kwaye zibuyela emva malunga neminyaka engama-30 kamva, zilungele ukubeka amaqanda azo zizalise isangqa sobomi. Lo mcimbi wonyaka ngumbono ongafanele uphoswe, ingakumbi xa iifudu ezifudukayo kunye neenqanawa zazo zidibanisa ii-turtles zasekhaya ezine-4 000 ezihlala ngokusisigxina kwisiqithi.
NjengoMphathi Jikelele weHeron Island Resort uSandy McFeeters, ayingekho enye into efana nayo.
"Isiqithi saseHeron ngokwenene siyindawo emangalisayo yokuba yinxalenye yokulala kunye nokuchithwa kweenqanawa eziGreen kunye ne-Loggerhead," esho.
"Ukubukela ezi ngqongqelo zolwandle zibopha ugu lolwandle kwaye zihlala kuzo ukubeka amaqanda angama-120 nganye kwi-clutch enye yezinto ezimangalisa kakhulu kunye neengqungquthela zokuzibona."
Uyabona oku kukhangeka kwezinto ezibonakalayo phambi kwamehlo akho, konke okufuneka ukwenze ukulinda iiyure ezimbalwa emva kokuhlwaya kwamanzi amaninzi uze uhambe kunye noxolo lwaseHeron Beach. Xa ubona isibini, uyazi ukuba usekufutshane neentsana. Khumbula ukugcina iliso ngaphandle kweetratshi, ezibonisa apho iifudu zivela khona elwandle. Qinisekisa ukuba ugxininise kwiinqanawa, eziza kukhwela ulwandle olukhuselekileyo xa zizalwe.
03 we 05
Kuphi isiqithi saseHeron?
Isiqithi saseHeron siyinxalenye yeGreat Barrier Reef kwaye sihlala ecaleni lasentshonalanga yeHeron Reef, malunga ne-85km ukusuka kunxweme lwase-Australia.
Ngokwenene inxalenye yenye yeempawu ezisixhenxe zemvelo zehlabathi, isiqithi kunye nemifula yaso ejikelezileyo ziindawo ezithandwayo zokuvakasha. Oku kwenza isiqithi saseHeron sidibanise kakuhle phakathi kweso siqithi esiqingqiweyo kunye nendawo yokuhlambalaza kunye nokonwaba okwaneleyo ukucima naluphi na ukoma kwaye uvumele ukutyelela!
Unokutyelela isiqithi njengentengiso enye, okanye udibanise kunye nokuhlola ezinye iindawo ezikufutshane zesiqithi. Ii-Whitsundays eziseduze zineziqithi ezingaphezu kwe-70 ezibukhulu kunye nezibonelelo, ngoko kukho into eninzi yokwenza kule nxalenye yehlabathi ukuba ufuna ukuhlola!
Ukuba wenza isigqibo sokwenza isalathisi kwisiqithi saseHeron, kungekhona nje ukuba kufumaneka lula kwiindwendwe (ingaba ziza ziza kutshatyalaliswa imini okanye ziindwendwe kwi-resort) kodwa kukho ininzi enokuyenza phakathi kokubukela ii-turtles. Nangona i-scuba diving ayiyiyo ingcamango yakho yexesha eliphumayo, zizenzele i-snorkel uze ufumene ubugcisa obunemvelo obuhlala ngaphantsi kwamanzi.
Unomdla wokutyelela isiqithi saseTroenland kodwa isiqithi saseHeron asikhatyibanga zonke iibhokisi? Cinga ukuhlolisisa iiflethi ezimhlophe zeentshonalanga ze-Whitsundays, okanye indawo enqabileyo enyakatho ye-Queensland eya ePort Douglas. Fumana i- pros and cons of the destination for each !
04 we 05
Ufika njani kwisiqithi saseHeron?
Iindiza eziqhelekileyo zivela kuzo zonke iidolophu ezinkulu zase-Australia ukuya kwiGladstone okanye i-drive evela eBrisbane iya kukuthatha malunga neeyure ezintandathu. Unokubhanqa ukutyelela kwiSiqithi saseHeron ngobusuku obuthile eBrisbane , ngoko ufike uhlolisise isixeko kunye nxweme kwelinye uhambo!
Ukubhiyozela isimangalisa isiqithi saseHeron, unokulungiselela ukuhlala kwisiqithi kwi-resort site. Kukho unyulo lweendawo zokuhlala, kubandakanywa ikhaya elikhululekile unako ukuqesha ixesha lokuhlala kwakho! Abantwana bamkelekile kakhulu abo baceba iholide yentsapho kwaye kwiimeko ezininzi, abantwana abangaphantsi kwe-12 bavunyelwe ukuba bahlale bekhululekile.
05 we 05
Ngaba Ukutyelela kwiSiqithi saseHeron kukulimaza i-Environmental ecosystem?
Kubaluleke kakhulu, abantu abaqhubela isiqithi saseHeron bayazi ngokucacileyo impembelelo yokuba izithuthi zabantu zingenakho kwizinto eziphilayo zendawo.
Ngenxa yoko, isiqithi saseHeron siye sabambisana neLwandle iTurtle Foundation, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ezinikele ekukhuseleni ulwandle lwamanzi, iindlela zokufudukela kunye neendawo zokuhlala.
Nangona ama-turtles olwandle ahlambela elwandle kumazwe angaphezu kwezigidi ezili-120, iintsuku zabantu namhlanje zijongene nekamva eliqinisekileyo. Isiqithi saseHeron sizinikele ekufundiseni abantu nasekukhuseleni iifudu ezintle zeGreen kunye neLoggerhead. Benza oku ngokunika iindwendwe ithuba elithile lokufunda, ngokuhamba ngokukhokelwa, iiseshoni zolwazi kunye neeprogram ze-ranger, ukwenzela ukuba uncedo lwabavakashi luqonde kwaye luxhase ezi zidalwa ezimangalisayo.