Heading out
Lunch with the Lady
King Penguin
The summit slabs of Mt William
The jetty, formerly used for wool and resupply, then for landing troops, now used for nesting
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Quite a place, Wireless Ridge
Shipwrecks aplenty look excellent from the air
The inlet at Fitzroy
Guarding the baby
The sunset the following day
Tiring, being a seal
The colony at sunset
Feeding the young gentoo chick
There old jetty, once the source of everything arriving on the Island
Sunset at the colony
The Gentoos still around, moulting
Zoran used his dirtbike to add some decoration
The Islander
A turkey vulture makes use of the Gentoo colony
Nightheron fishing
Traffic on the roads
Nice place, shame about the…
Feeding the young (Gentoo)
The Welsh Guards’ memorial
The sooty shearwaters, dots in the sunset
Han on the rocks above the settlement
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The gentoos take to their beach while a sea lion menacingly surfs behind
The camping spot as it looked – beat that!
Perfect for posing in penguin poo
Giving the elephant seal its name
Parking up to go find a cave
Fishing for mullet in front of the house at sunset. Lovely stuff
Sadly, not all of the chicks make it like this Magellanic oenguin egg.
This sangar came with a view
Port Stephens, a breathtaking lunch stop
C130 Herc flypast
The smokey eye
An engine with the rotors visible in the background
1968 Argentine 105mm gun,Wireless Ridge
My favouraite – holding the characterful Rockhopper having relieved it of its GPS anklet. Their numbers have diminished by 90% in the last 30 years.
This time around, not all had made it to life
Our friend follows shortly behind us
a turkey vulture in its natural environment
Two albatri landed next to me. Unforgettable
Han’s best impression
The dogs in their habitat; aboard a quad
We three kings
Had to be done…
Getting up at first light is worth it.
Plenty of the endangered Black Browed Albatross hanging about too
Atlantic Conveyor Memorial and Cape Pembroke lighthouse
Stunning walks to be had
A sizable sea lion made an appearance nearby
Han ticks the main one off the list – p-p-p-picking up a penguin
A sealion floats into shore
This had been there a bit too long
A local bird of prey: the cara cara
Clambering on the shipwrecks in the Canache
Rocky sunset
Wingspan!
The yellow bobble is their feeding pouch and shows when they’ve eaten a lot
Han helping Conservation take care of an oiled penguin
heavy load
Blue skies but windy!
