Achievement Report Cap Ternay August 2017

Report Title
Cap Ternay holds its GVI Trust quarterly event to raise money for the Presidents Village
childrens home and has a stand at the annual Turtle Festival in Victoria.

Objectives
Hold a quarterly event to raise money for the GVI Trust, which supports local part-
ners and aids in environmental awareness
To collaborate with local partners such as MCSS and Wise Oceans and host a stall at
the annual Turtle festival to raise awareness for the protection of Turtles in the local
community.

Summary
At the beginning of the month Tom Colston, our science officer at Cap Ternay organized the
Tour de Ternay fundraising event with all proceeds going towards the local childrens
home. All the volunteers took part in the action-packed event and raised over 1300! The
following week the same volunteers represented GVI at the Turtle festival in Victoria, host-
ing a range of activities and games, participating in the march and educating the general
public and children for the protection of turtles.

Report
10am and all is quiet on base, not a volunteer in sight, no compressor running or tanks fill-
ing. A whistle sounds on the beach and the race is on! Five teams of volunteers and staff
have staggered starts to race up to Cap Matoopa in the fastest time, running along the
beach and dodging the muddy bog. Team Mario-Carts were the final team to make it to the
top, costumes slightly grubbier but theme music keeping morale high (Photo 1).

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Following the hike up the mountain, beach games occurred with tug of war and egg toss be-
ing the two favorites (Photo 2), before a snorkel to Secret beach where lunch was waiting.

The waves were crashing onto the beach so lunch was served via a daring kayak trip from
Tom whilst the competitors rested and regained their strength for the final race. Thanks to
our national scholar, Rennik Joseph, we were able to borrow Port Glaud Environment Clubs
kayaks for the day, which were used for the relay kayak races across to Lighthouse point and
back to Baie Ternay (Photo 3).

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To complete the day we had a BBQ in the evening and everyone was very early to bed! The
event was a great success, raising over 1300 in total for the Presidents Village children
home, which we are currently in meetings with for what our hard work will contribute to-
wards.

The following weekend GVI took part in the annual Turtle festival, participating in the march
around Victoria to raise awareness for the protection of Turtles, particularly around Sey-
chelles. We also hosted a stall, which all of the volunteers took turns in helping out with,
organizing Pin-the-fin on the turtle, Paint your own baby turtle and Race the turtles from
the beach to the sea, all of which were a big hit with the eleven schools that attended. En-
couraging all their turtle questions was hard work but extremely rewarding (Photo 4).

In the midst of these exciting events, we also had the Scouts visit base for a day of learning
about marine conservation and what GVI does in Cap Ternay. Hannah Smith, our science
coordinator planned and led the activities, with the aid of our eager volunteers. We began
with a mangrove walk and workshop, with Rennik Joseph, our NSP being our mangrove ex-
pert and showing the children (and their parents) all about the flora and fauna and im-
portance of the mangrove ecosystem. Next on the program was a snorkel in Baie Ternay to
identify a selection of common fish and coral species and conduct a simple survey. The idea
was to raise awareness on the importance of the mangrove, seagrass and coral reef ecosys-
tem and how they function together. Additionally a recycling workshop was required after a
spontaneous beach clean at back beach after everybody noticed how much rubbish had
been left by visitors, ruining the already fragile ecosystem. Both the adults and children that
took part in the visit were extremely enthusiastic about the day and were very excited
about all they had learnt.

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