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MONTAGUE
ISLAND, NSW, AUSTRALIA
#3892
Caption: The 125 year old
lighthouse dominates the landscape of Montague
Island.
#3906
Caption: A silver gull
raucously defends its nest on Montague
Island.
#3911
Caption: The 125 year old
lighthouse dominates the landscape of Montague
Island.
#3912
Caption: Australian fur
seals "fin surfing," waving their fins in the air to control
body temperature. Montague Island.
#3913
Caption: Australian fur
seals off Montague Island.
#3914
Caption: Montague Island,
9km off the coast from Narooma, features the 125 year old
lighthouse and a wildlife reserve.
#3917
Caption: A silver gull
guarding its nest on Montague Island.
#3919
Caption: Stopping for the
official welcome speech in the shadow of the lighthouse.
Montague Island.
#3920
Caption: The new
guesthouse accommodation in the former head light-keeper's
cottage on Montague Island.
#3922
Caption: The former
assistant lighthouse-keeper's cottage on Montague Island, as
seen from the lighthouse above.
#3923
Caption: The former head
lighthouse-keeper's cottage on Montague Island, as seen from
the lighthouse above. This houses the current guesthouse
accommodation.
#3924
Caption: A view toward the
mainland from the lighthouse on Montague
Island.
#3926
Caption: Crested terns
with their nesting mates on Montague Island.
#3927
Caption: The small
cemetery on Montague Island where two children of the first
keeper were buried, along with assistant lighthouse-keeper
Charles Townsend who was killed in 1894 when a cart fell on
him.
#3929
Caption: The Butcher
Rocks, so called because sea eagles catching prey at sea
frequently stop there to tear it to pieces. Montague
Island.
#3930
Caption: The Butcher
Rocks, so called because sea eagles catching prey at sea
frequently stop there to tear it to pieces. Montague
Island.
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#3931
Caption: Follow
the leader. Walking with our ranger guide on Montague
Island.
#3932
Caption: Happy
in their new home, a pair of little penguins at rest in an
artificial nesting box on Montague Island.
#3936
Caption: Kikuyu
grass has not only displaced vegetation suitable for penguin
habitat on Montague Island, it has also trapped or strangled
3% of the little penguin population each year.
#3937
Caption: The
125 year old lighthouse dominates the landscape of Montague
Island.
#3939
Caption: A
little penguin following the path home to its burrow on
Montague Island.
#3940
Caption: A
little penguin following the path home to its burrow on
Montague Island.
#3941
Caption: A
little penguin following the path home to its burrow on
Montague Island.
#3942
Caption: A
wedge-tailed shearwater home in its nest for the evening.
Montague Island.
#3944
Caption:
Sunrise as seen from the point that was once the signal
station on Montague Island.
#3947
Caption: Silver
gulls screech at us as they rise into the air in the most
raucous defence of their nests, something reminiscent of the
Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds.
#3948
Caption:
Inspired by the knowledge that we were making homes for
little penguins we blitzed the re-potting of 1100 plants in
2½ hours.
#3949
Caption: Silver
gulls screeching as they rise into the air in the most
raucous defence of their nests, something reminiscent of the
Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds.
#3951
Caption: The
125 year old lighthouse dominates the landscape of Montague
Island.
#3952
Caption: Sea
spurge weed on Montague Island, which we were about to
remove as part of our conservation effort.
#3953
Caption: Sea
spurge weed on Montague Island, which we were about to
remove as part of our conservation effort.
#3954
Caption: The
dramatic seascape at The Fingers on Montague
Island.
#3955
Caption: The
dramatic seascape at The Fingers on Montague
Island.
#3956
Caption: A
crested tern about to return to its nesting mate on Montague
Island.
#3957
Caption: A
crested tern returning to its nesting mate on Montague
Island.
#3958
Caption: On the
lookout. A crested tern with its nesting mate on Montague
Island.
#3960
Caption:
Reaching The Fingers. Our group walking on Montague
Island.
#3961
Caption: The
seascape at The Gut, beyond which the northern end of
Montague Island is a no-go zone because of the density of
shearwater burrows.
#3962
Caption: The
seascape at The Gut, beyond which the northern end of
Montague Island is a no-go zone because of the density of
shearwater burrows.
#3963
Caption: The
125 year old lighthouse dominates the landscape of Montague
Island.
#3968
Caption: The
dramatic seascape at Coffee Rock on Montague
Island.
#3969
Caption: The
dramatic seascape at Coffee Rock on Montague
Island.
#3970
Caption: The
sitting room of the small museum that was once the assistant
lighthouse keeper's cottage on Montague Island.
#3971
Caption:
Looking back across the wake as our boat leaves Montague
Island behind.
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