Macquarie Island II
M129 - Sunset panorama on the Isthmus - June 2013
M130 - Young elephant seal on the Isthmus - March 2014
M131 - Large male elephant seal resting on some giant kelp just west of the station - March 2014
M132 - Mid Winters day dog race - dog handlers call the dogs from the finish line - Winter Solstice June 2013
M133 - In driving snow race caller Dean calls the Mid Winter Dog Race - Winter Solstice June 2013
M134 - King penguin chicks Creche while their parents are out to sea catching food - March 2014
M135 - Wind and snow swept Isthmus on Mid Winters day Winter Solstice June 2013
M136 - Large male elephant seal - March 2014
The age of a male elephant seal can be determined by the size of his proboscis.
M137 - The newly painted gate to the station - March 2014
M138 - Door of the old Nissen hut (circa 1952?) - June 2013
M139 - LARC (Lighter, Amphibious, Resupply, Cargo vehicle) transporting the incoming ANARE 67 crew from L'Astrolabe - March 2014
M140 - Angela Newport entered this artistic 2 page spread in the Macca log book on behalf of the ANARE 66 crew - March 2014
M141 - MIPEP (Macquarie Island Pest Eradication Program) dog Katie - March 2014
M142 - King penguins just came ashore to check out the station - April 2014
M143 - A group of king penguins wandering around the station - April 2014
M144 - King penguin just out of the water to check out the station - April 2014
M145 - Young elephant seals play fighting on the reef just on the east side of the Isthmus - April 2014
M146 - RTA of old 'apple' using a LARC - April 2014
M147 - After a winter snowfall - view down the east coast - July 2013
M148 - Royal visit - King penguins wander through the station - April 2014
M149 - After visiting the station a waddle of king penguins leave on the only track out - April 2014
M150 - A huge male elephant seal rests on the narrow Isthmus - L'Astrolabe is anchored in Buckles Bay - March 2014
M151 - Last look at the king penguin colony at Gadgets Gully on the east coast - April 2014
M152 - Iconic view of Macquarie Island Isthmus from Camp Hill - July 2013
M153 - This is the sign you see if you came ashore or depart by boat or LARC - You may even have someone to greet you - April 2014
M154 - West coast of the Isthmus - July 2013
M155 - View of the Plateau from the Isthmus - July 2013
M156 - Big snowfall provides a stark contrast with the lichen and moss covered rocks - July 2013
M157 - Sunset over the Clean Air Laboratory on the western side of the Isthmus - July 2013
M158 - A pair of gentoo penguins at sunset - July 2013
M159 - Wet and Windy - Aaron leans into winds gusting to 75 knots - July 2013
M160 - MIPEP dog Cody on the voyage back to Hobart - April 2014
M161 - Rainbow as a cold front passes over the Isthmus - July 2013
M162 - Misty winters day near Razorback Ridge - July 2013
M163 - Winter sunset - July 2013
M164 - View down the east coast on a stormy winters day - July 2013
M165 - View to the north from the lookout on Razorback Ridge just after a snow squall - July 2013
M166 - Young elephant seal encrusted in snow - July 2013
M167 - Walking with Clive along the west coast near Langdon Bay - July 2013
M168 - View from the beach near Bauer Bay on the west coast - July 2013
M169 - Sunset over the helipad on the isthmus - July 2013
M170 - A young fur seal on a mound in Garden Cove - August 2013
M171 - Old battle hardened male elephant seal - August 2013
M172 - Sunset over Hasselborough Bay - August 2013
M173 - Young fur seal taking it all in on his mound in Garden Cove - August 2013
M174 - Large male elephant seal on the Isthmus at the station - August 2013
M175 - The morning weather balloon launch - August 2013
Every Wednesday the balloon carried a special ozone radiosonde package
M176 - Huge male elephant seal on the pebbly beach on the eastern side of the Isthmus
Look closely and you will see a well camouflaged leopard seal
M177 - Large elephant seal harem next to the station - September 2013
M178 - This was by far the largest elephant seal harem near the station. At its peak it contained 700 females, most of them with pups - October 2013
M179 - Shadow selfie - view down the east coast - August 2013
M180 - Weathered wooden post marks the track up to Wireless Hill and North Head - August 2013
M181 - Heading south through the Labyrinth, just south of Bauer Bay - August 2013
M182 - Taking part in a marine debris clean up of the coastal plain near Duck Lagoon on the west coast - August 2013
M183 - Clive and Barry at Bauer Bay hut with some marine debris we picked up on the west coast south of Bauer Bay - August 2013
M184 - MIPEP dogs Joker and Chase on the track that runs parallel to Razorback Ridge - September 2013
M185 - Mother and newborn elephant seal pup on the beach on the western side of the Isthmus - September 2013
M186 - The gap in Razorback Ridge - September 2013
M187 - Young male elephant seals wallow amongst the tussock on the western side of Razorback Ridge - September 2013
M188 - View of the isthmus and the island from high up on the Wireless Hill track - September 2013
M189 - Snowfall on the Isthmus - September 2013
M190 - A light dusting of snow on the Isthmus and the plateau - September 2013
M191 - The first elephant seal pup born on the Isthmus - 11th September 2013
M192 - East cost winter wonderland - September 2013
M193 - Boating down the east coast to Hurd point on an unusually calm day - September 2013
M194 - King penguin colony near Green Gorge on the east coast - September 2013
M195 - Waterfall Bay on the east coast - September 2013
M196 - Skua tests the moving walkway on the Isthmus - September 2013
M197 - Male elephant seal blissfully resting in the tussock grass - September 2013
M198 - Mother and pup near Cosray Rocks on the western side of the Isthmus - September 2013
M199 - Elephant seal harem, with one dominant male (on the right) who is called the beach master and all the others are female
Note - several males always hang around the periphery of the harem making opportunistic raids on the females and sometimes battling the beach master to take over the harem.
M200 - Another elephant seal harem just southwest of the station - September 2013
M201 - The largest elephant seal harem on the Isthmus, around 700 females, most of them with pups - October 2013
M202 - Skua after an opportunistic feed, when the Seals are giving birth - October 2013
M203 - King penguin colony at Green Gorge - October 2013
M204 - Incredible wildlife at Hurd Point - king penguins royal penguins and elephant seals cohabiting - October 2013
M205 - Hurd Point royal penguin colony -the largest gathering of royal penguins in the world approximately 500,000 pairs - October 2013
M206 - King penguins at Hurd Point - October 2013
M207 - King penguins at Lusitania Bay, viewed from a small hill next to Lusitania creek - October 2013
M208 - Elephant seals, skuas and a king penguin at Green Gorge - October 2013
M209 - Big east coast swells at Green Gorge - October 2013
M210 - View from the Overland track on the Plateau - April 2013
M211 - Beach just west of the station on Hasselborough Bay - February 2014
M212 - View to the North from the lookout on Razorback Ridge - February 2014
M213 - Juvenile elephant seals huddle together on West Beach - February 2014
M214 - Large male elephant seal wallowing near the station - February 2014
M215 - Tussock mounds near Razorback Ridge - February 2014
M216 - Ready to walk up Gadgets Gully - May 2013
M217 - King penguins on the eastern shore of the Isthmus - February 2014
M218 - Macquarie Island Research station with Wireless Hill in the background - February 2014
M219 - Digesters on the Isthmus just south of the station - February 2014
M220 - Young male elephant seal relaxing in the snow - May 2013
M221 - Heading towards the Doctors track to descend to the Isthmus and station - May 2013
M222 - Gentoo penguin with twin chicks - November 2013
M223 - Royal penguins at Hurd Point - January 2014
M224 - King penguin colony at Gadgets Gully on the east coast - January 2014
M225 - Elephant seal 'weener' pups near Cosray Rocks just west of the station - November 2013
M226 - Stormy day on the west of the Isthmus - May 2013
M227 - Just after a snow storm on the western side of the Isthmus - May 2013
M228 - Shy rockhopper penguins on the slopes of Camp Hill - February 2014
M229 - King penguins at Gadgets Gully with older chicks and a newly hatched chick - March 2013
M230 - Juvenile elephant seals basking in the sun on West Beach - December 2013
M231 - King penguins at Sandy Bay on the east coast
Note: the skuas in the background picking over the carcass of a royal penguin
M232 - Elephant seal amongst the tussock on the Isthmus - May 2013
M233 - King penguins at Sandy Bay - February 2014
M234 - View towards Brothers Point - February 2014
Note: The damage done by rabbits can be seen in the foreground.
M235 - A couple of first year elephant seals practice their fighting skills on the beach just to the west of the station - May 2013
M236 - King penguins at Sandy Bay on the east coast - February 2014
M237 - King penguins at Sandy Bay on the east coast - February 2014
Note: The Akademik Sholkowski (eco tourist ship) can be seen offshore
M238 - Sunset over Hasselborough Bay - May 2013
M239 - Royal penguin at Sandy Bay on the east coast - February 2014
M240 - Royal penguin chick becoming an adult at Sandy Bay on the east coast - February 2014
M241 - King penguins at Sandy Bay - February 2014
M242 - Meteorological enclosure surrounded by timber fence to keep out the elephant seals - June 2013
M243 - Snow showers moving in from the Southwest - June 2013
M244 - King penguin just returned from the ocean - February 2014
M245 - Gentoo penguin on West Beach - February 2014
M246 - Macquarie Island cormorant on West Beach - February 2014
M247 - After Winter snow showers on the Isthmus - June 2013
M248 - Gentoo penguins on West Beach - February 2014
M249 - Male elephant seals practicing their fighting skills - February 2014
M250 - Joker - one of the MIPEP (Macquarie Island Pest Eradication Program) dogs - June 2013
M251 - King penguin and its chick at Gadgets Gully on the east coast - February 2014
M252 - The dog kennels and dog storage boxes in front of the fuel tanks - June 2013
M253 - Gentoo penguins on the snow covered beach just ot the west of the station - June 2013
M254 - Macquarie Island Nature Reserve - World Heritage Area
M255 - Light Mantled Sooty Albatross flying by the lookout on Razerback Ridge - February 2014
M256 - Elephant seal covered in giant kelp bonnet - June 2013
M257 - Young elephant seal trying to get a closer look - June 2013
M258 - Another Stormy day in Hasselborough Bay - March 2014