Typical Days at Macca....

 The days are becoming shorter as the sun makes it way northward.

 Everyone is settling in to Macca life, with most of us kept very busy at our jobs and various projects.

Beautiful sunset over Hasselborough Bay

One of the major projects on the island is the Macquarie Island Pest Eradication Project (MIPEP).This seven year project began in 2007. The aim of the project is to restore the islands biodiversity to a natural balance - to free itself of the impacts of introduced species. It is the worlds largest eradication project for three species at the one time.

A Rugged, Extreme & Beautiful Place...

Every day at Macquarie Island brings more wonderful things to see and do. This place is an amazing jewel in the Southern Ocean.

Over the last few weeks I have had the opportunity to explore further afield (beyond Station Limits) and some of the sights have been stunning and breathtaking. I feel privileged to have already seen some incredible flora, fauna and scenery.

Sunset from West Beach near station

Beyond Station Limits and more

We are now well and truly into the routine of station life and we are now also have our work programs in order. In future blogs I will go into more detail of what each of the expeditioners have programmed for the year.

An advantage of being at Macca is that we are in the zone of maximum aurora activity. The frequent cloud is somewhat of a spoiler. Despite this there have been 6 nights in March that we were able to witness this fabulous event.

My first attempt at taking a long exposure photo of an Aurora Australis - from the deck of the Ham shack