This week at Macquarie Island

A view from the station steps of two Gentoo penguins in amongst tussock grass.

It is October the 9th and we are making final preparations to leave Macquarie Island. It has now been 45 days since the decision… Read more
an aerial view

There are three certainties of life at Macquarie Island: the wind will blow, the rain will fall sideways, and somebody will tell… Read more

A toy penguin sitting in an all-terrain vehicle

At dawn on Macquarie Island, the gentoo penguins were enjoying a peaceful… Read more
A person standing on ice, underneath a angular module building on stilts

This is my fifth winter as a plumber with the AAD. Read more
A blue and white bowl filled with broth, beef, vegetables and noodles, rests on a wooden bench.

During my pre-departure training in Tassie before hitting the high seas to… Read more
view of the northeast of Macquarie Island, known as Garden Cove. The sea meets the rocky shoreline which is lightly covered by snow.

When I first heard I had been offered the posting at Macquarie Island, I… Read more
smoked salmon in a white bowl on a bench

The Oxford Dictionary definition of the term 'slushy' is 'One who does all… Read more
View of sun-tinged clouds in the distance and a tussocky hill and ocean

As Nuyina saddles up to Macquarie Island, expeditioners fill the external… Read more
Large grey seals lying on a grey rocky beach with a steep slope behind them

Equality may have come a long way, but deep in the Southern Ocean, some… Read more
A dark green speckly rock with two seams of paler rock through it.

A group of expeditioners out on a walk, on a rare sunny day on Macquarie… Read more
A large fluffy white albatross chick sits on a raised, rounded nest made of sticks and mud.

To celebrate World Albatross Day at Macquarie Island this year… Read more

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