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