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