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Top Organisations (Identifications)

Top Spotters

1. laurenalexis
score 4,190

2. Fothergill
score 3,711

3. Princess Ruby
score 3,160

4. Grisper
score 2,393

5. cwpaine
score 2,105

6. Penelope
score 1,501

7. Carey Family
score 836

8. Willswildlife
score 581

9. Noah
score 417

10. Dave
score 410

Top Identifiers

1. laurenalexis
score 5619

2. Penelope
score 2224

3. Princess Ruby
score 1624

4. Grisper
score 1036

5. cwpaine
score 764

6. Fothergill
score 715

7. ChelonaJill
score 504

8. Austin
score 399

9. octonaughts
score 202

10. Heather Smith
score 155

Most Spotted

Top Sightings

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Latest Sightings

    Prizes

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    Overall Champion Spotter: laurenalexis

    Highest overall score for an individual based on sightings submitted.

    Prize: 3hr Guided (3 Persons) or Self-guided (4 persons) Maroochy River and Wetlands Solar Powered Canoe Tour. Eco-River Rides. Value $299.


    Novice Champion Spotter: Fothergill

    For new players only - highest overall score for an individual based on sightings submitted.

    Prize: TBA.


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    Champion Identifier: laurenalexis

    Highest score from correct IDs provided by an individual (through the in-game QuestaLab or the QuestaGame's Bio-Expertise Engine) during the competition and until the time that all competition sightings have been verified.

    Prize: Family  ECO cruise Pass from Cruise Maroochy.


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    Most Valuable Player: Penelope

    Total points earned for sightings and IDs divided by number of sightings. Min 4 sightings required.

    Prize: Family  ECO cruise Pass from Cruise Maroochy.


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    Best Find: Dave

    Highest scoring individual sighting.

    Prize:  Family  ECO cruise Passes from Cruise Maroochy.

    Ozphyllum naskreckii spotted by Dave

    Ozphyllum naskreckii spotted by Dave


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    Active Adventurer Prize Draw: quadkaiden22

    One QuestaGamer who has submitted at least 3 eligible sightings within the competition period, drawn at random.

    Prize: $100 IGA voucher.


    Highlights from previous Eco-hunts

    Image: Wattle Blue butterfly (Theclinesthes miskini) by Lisa CC BY-NC

    Image: Wattle Blue butterfly (Theclinesthes miskini) by Lisa CC BY-NC

    Image: Golden Jelly Fungus (Tremella mesenterica) by Princess Ruby CC BY-NC

    Image: Golden Jelly Fungus (Tremella mesenterica) by Princess Ruby CC BY-NC

    Image: Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus) by Samantha CC BY-NC

    Image: Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus) by Samantha CC BY-NC

    Image: Phyllocharis by Princess Ruby CC BY-NC

    Image: Phyllocharis by Princess Ruby CC BY-NC

    Image: Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) by Princess Ruby CC BY-NC

    Image: Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) by Princess Ruby CC BY-NC

    Image: Elegant Snake-eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus pulcher) by Heather Smith CC BY-NC

    Image: Elegant Snake-eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus pulcher) by Heather Smith CC BY-NC

    Image: Passionvine Hopper (Scolypopa australis) by laurenalexis CC BY-NC

    Image: Passionvine Hopper (Scolypopa australis) by laurenalexis CC BY-NC


    Know your Fiddler from your Mud crabs?

    That's great! Then why not identify sightings through the Bio-Expertise Engine? You'll be helping budding naturalists learn, and ensuring high quality data for research (see QuestaGame's data on GBIF.org). You'll could even win the Champion Identifier prize!

    And why not choose a local Sunhine Coast environmental group as your cause through our Pays to Know Nature Fund? You'll be earning them rewards for each correct ID you provide.

    QuestaGame's conservation partners:


     
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