"The hatchlings have to cross the deep 4WD tracks to reach the ocean [and] the tracks, created ... on the beach close to the dunes at high tide, are 25cm deep and 25cm wide," Waters told Yahoo.

"A few volunteers and I raked the beach in front of where we knew the hatchlings were going to be to flatten the deep 4WD tracks and thank goodness we did, we saw all the footprints heading out to ...