Swimming King Penguins
Farewell, Macquarie Island
Through the Fog
Three Satellites
Taking a Rest
Orcas
In the Mist
Visiting Crimson Rosella
Our Local Bluetongue
Bluetongue Portrait
Portrait of a Dragon
The Dragon on the Wonga Wonga on the Fence
Mawson's Hut
Eroded Timbers, Mawson's Hut
Cape Denison Panorama
Bunk Space
The Acetylene Light, Mawson's Hut
Beyond the Stove to the Darkroom
The bookshelves, Mawson's Hut
Commonwealth Bay Panorama
Life's a Beach
Antarctica in Hobart
The Garden Through the Window
Visiting Lusitania Bay
There goes the ISS
The Horse Team
Jacarandas
Royal Penguin Boogie
The Regal Itch
Beach scene at Sandy Bay
Hey, what's that round glass thing on the box?
The wetlands nature reserve
Tilba
The five metre rule #2
The five metre rule #1
The Royal Colony (or is that Chateau?)
Penguin Highway
Meet the Royals!
Rabbits and penguins
The old Sandy Bay hut - and neighbours
Wave at Sunset
Returning through the fog
Seastack Landscape #2
Seastack Landscape #1
Reclining Fur Seal
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The old Lusitania Bay hut
Lusitania Bay, toward the southern end of the east coast is a "must see" destination for its huge King Penguin colony, estimated at 170,000 breeding pairs and covering the beach for several kilometres. Near the centre of the photo is the old hut installed by ANARE in the early 1950s. I once stayed there, a link to my 1968 photo is in a note at top left. The slopes are typical of the steep escarpment surrounding the island, inland it is essentially a rolling plateau. The island is about 34km long and 5km wide, running more or less north-south.
Although tourists are limited to landing at either the Macquarie Island research station, or at Sandy Bay, there is no constraint on floating around other parts of the island close to shore: apart from rocks and safety constraints.
I was concerned about water getting to my digital camera, so for this excursion I used a pocketable APS-C film camera. After this voyage, I never again used film: on my return I was so disappointed by the colour reproduction of the prints I asked for them to be printed again, but there was little improvement - so I went entirely digital. This is from a digital copy I made from the film negative, technically not great but far better than the original prints!
Although tourists are limited to landing at either the Macquarie Island research station, or at Sandy Bay, there is no constraint on floating around other parts of the island close to shore: apart from rocks and safety constraints.
I was concerned about water getting to my digital camera, so for this excursion I used a pocketable APS-C film camera. After this voyage, I never again used film: on my return I was so disappointed by the colour reproduction of the prints I asked for them to be printed again, but there was little improvement - so I went entirely digital. This is from a digital copy I made from the film negative, technically not great but far better than the original prints!
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Lovely scenic area and you captured it so well. Well done George. Hugs Tess. *_*
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