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