In the interests of broadening our education on the marine eco system a couple of us joined in a Seagrass Watch program at Norman Point last Sunday.  As total novices we were eager to learn and have to thank Gordon Cottle for his patience in passing on the wealth of information he has on the subject.

While the coverage was relatively low with anything above 1% coverage appearing to be quite exciting we were able to learn a lot in a short space of time...good with identifying Halophilia ovalis with its distinctive leaves...the other two species remained a bit of a mystery to us.  Of course, we are in part claiming that this confusion was the result of the leaves apparently being eaten by turtles prior to our expedition.  Oh well, much more learning to come.

After leaving us Gordon also explored some grass in Snapper Creek which apparently is quite thick.  We will be doing some further monitoring of this in the next few weeks. 

If you would like to learn more about the Sea Grass Watch program head to the web site below:

www.seagrasswatch.org