Macquarie Island station news 2019
![A team of seven men and seven women sit in the green tussock](/site/assets/files/51018/macca-2019-winter-team-tussock.600x514.jpg)
Reflections on a winter at Macca Read more
![A black browed albatross sits on a nest on the edge of a steep cliff](/site/assets/files/51015/1-a-black-browed-albartoss-with-a-room-with-view-s_-thomas.600x514.jpg)
Spying on four breeds of magnificent albatross Read more
![a pair of gentoo chicks sit on a nest, one with beak open](/site/assets/files/51012/1_a-pair-of-gentoo-penguin-chicks.600x514.jpg)
Moments in time, captured at Macca. Read more
![18 Elephant seal weaners are lying in front of a wooden fence and building](/site/assets/files/51009/elephant-seal-weaners-love-hanging-around-with-their-mates.600x514.jpg)
A whole lotta love at Macca Read more
![Two male elephant seal bulls clash with waves in the background](/site/assets/files/51006/an-arguement-over-whos-going-to-be-beachmaster-today-stella.600x514.jpg)
The pace of life at Macca accelerates Read more
![A green bottle lays on a black pebble beach](/site/assets/files/51003/a-special-sort-of-marine-debris-sthomas.600x514.jpg)
A message in a bottle washes up at Macca Read more
![A balck and white gentoo penguin with orange feet sits on a nest with two chicks](/site/assets/files/51000/gentoo-penguin-and-chicks-dmcv.600x514.jpg)
Something different happens every day at Macca Read more
![A brown elephant seal pup lays on its back sleeping](/site/assets/files/50997/pic-2-ashleigh-wilson.600x514.jpeg)
Nature abounds at Macca Read more
![A woman wearing a cap has make up on her face to look like a facial injury](/site/assets/files/50994/adr-kate-presents-her-makeup-skills_-kate-kloza.600x514.jpeg)
Going over the edge at Macca Read more
![A dark brown, furry, newborn elephant seal pup lays on the sand](/site/assets/files/50991/1_how-can-soemthing-so-cute.600x514.jpg)
Time to call the carpenter at Macca Read more
![Three men and one woman stand in a line dressed in green hospital scrubs](/site/assets/files/50988/1_-what-the-patient-saw.600x514.jpg)
A plumber, chef, electrician and meteorology observer walk into… Read more
![a white kelp gull flies with open wings against blue sky](/site/assets/files/50984/1-kelp-gull-mark-grainger.600x514.jpg)
Macca’s aviators on show Read more
![A series of huddled brown penguin chicks along a coastline](/site/assets/files/50981/1_-lusitania-creche-at.600x514.jpg)
Fifty thousand chicks and counting Read more
![Two women have a layered cake in front of them and are looking at photos of elephant seals](/site/assets/files/50978/1.600x514.jpg)
A masterpiece is created at Macca Read more
![A large male elephant seal with a scar down it’s back is laying flat on the beach](/site/assets/files/50975/a-possible-beachmaster-contender-at-hurd-point_aturbett.600x514.jpg)
Contenders stake their territory at Macca Read more
![A group of people are sitting around pizza boxes discussing ideas](/site/assets/files/50972/the-prodution-team-runing-through-ideas.600x514.jpg)
A film festival comes to Macca Read more
![A close up of a Maquarie Island cabbage leaf covered in snow with sunshine glowing through](/site/assets/files/50969/golden-lit-cabbage-leaf1.600x514.jpg)
It’s the little things. Read more
![A brown fluffy King Penguin chick is feeding from the beak of an adult King penguin](/site/assets/files/50966/1-king-penguin-taking-care-of-its-chick.600x514.jpg)
Public displays of care at Macca Read more
![A crumpled clear plastic water bottle with label still attached](/site/assets/files/50963/a-water-bottle-from-malaysia-aturbett.600x514.jpg)
Confronting junk at Macca Read more
![An elephant seal is hiding behind green blowing tussock, only its nostrils can be seen](/site/assets/files/50960/1-met-office-gargen-gnome-aw.600x514.jpg)
Explore Macca through the eyes of the expeditioners who call it home Read more
![A woman in camouflage jacket is standing in front of a wandering albatross](/site/assets/files/50957/stella-doing-her-monthly-camera-checks-for-the-wandering-albstross-chicks-at-southern-end-of-island-bw.600x514.jpg)
Rangers take on the elements out in the field Read more
![A man crouches next to a computer server housed in a small hut](/site/assets/files/50954/doug-checking-repeater-hut-equipment.600x514.jpg)
The joy of monitoring modern technology Read more
![7 people stand on the foreshore with the red Aurora Australis in the background.](/site/assets/files/50951/photo-1.600x514.jpg)
A met observer shares his passion Read more
![Nine people in various fancy dress stand in front of a rock near an elephant seal, a woman stands on the rock with a life ring around her neck](/site/assets/files/50948/1-swim-group-shot-lw.600x514.jpg)
A swim in the Southern Ocean, a hot spa, and a long feast. Read more
![The leg of a person is standing in a field of buzzies](/site/assets/files/50944/as-far-as-the-eye-can-see-bw.600x514.jpg)
Midwinter ode and greetings from Macca Read more
![one person stands at a whiteboard, another at a radio console and a woman sits at a table in front of maps](/site/assets/files/50941/1-billy-doug-and-kerryn-imt-kp.600x514.jpg)
Search-and-rescue for a dummy expeditioner Read more
![two people pull a large blue plastic drum out of a swamp of brown kelp](/site/assets/files/50937/stella-and-doug-pull-a-plastic-drum-out-of-swamp-of-rotting-kelp-at.600x514.jpg)
The wild west gets a clean-up, and practising a skill we hope to never use. Read more
![A pink sunrise over a rocky outcrop and horizon](/site/assets/files/50934/east-coast-sunrise.600x514.jpg)
A plumber feels lucky to be at Macca Read more
![A woman stands in an apron holding a pair of tongs with a sausage](/site/assets/files/50931/1-democracy-sausage-kp.600x514.jpg)
A new Party at Macca Read more
![Five people are looking over the edge of a platform as two people tie knots to a structure](/site/assets/files/50927/1_-1st-sar-team-getting-ready-lw.600x514.jpg)
A Station Leader goes over the edge and a birthday is celebrated Read more
![four people wear hiking gear ready to go on a hike](/site/assets/files/50924/billy-pete-tim-stella-head-off-kp.600x514.jpg)
Training on the Big Green Sponge Read more
![Thousands of king penguins surround a rusted metal structure on a beach](/site/assets/files/50920/rusty-digesters-surrounded-by-king-penguins-at-lusitania-bay-at.600x514.jpg)
ANZAC spirit and a 100 year milestone at Macca Read more
![Nine brightly dressed people are standing in the grassy tussocks of Macquarie Island](/site/assets/files/50917/looking-for-bunny-in-tussocks-lionel.600x514.jpg)
Hot cross buns and chocolate treats — but not a bunny in sight Read more
![A Giant petrel attacks a fluffy brown King penguin chick creche](/site/assets/files/50913/2_-a-chick-falls-and-the-gp-is-straight-in-to-start-pecking-at-it-while-the-adults-and-other-chicks-circle-round_-k-kloza.600x514.jpg)
Skies filled with auroras and persistent petrels Read more
![a woman in a life jacket sits at the tiller of a red inflatable boat](/site/assets/files/50909/1_-a-chef-at-the-tiller-kate-kloza.600x514.jpg)
Expeditioners go on a boating trip and a visitor drops into Buckles Bay. Read more
![Two people are restocking a yellow tub with a red helicopter nearby](/site/assets/files/50906/restocking-emergency-caches.600x514.jpg)
End of a busy resupply and beginning of the 72nd ANARE season Read more
![The waste accumulated on station waiting to be loaded onto the ship for Return To Australia](/site/assets/files/50902/20190309_144444_vjh.600x514.jpg)
We are all in resupply mode still but the end is nigh! Plus some… Read more
![Ali Dean waving to the ship from the Ham Shack on Macquarie Island](/site/assets/files/50898/img-8398.600x514.jpg)
Here at Macca we begin resupply and take a look at the Postal Officer role… Read more
![A limpet moving around in a rock pool at Macca recently](/site/assets/files/50895/limpet-on-the-move.600x514.jpg)
This week at Macca we look into the many rock pools at low tide. Read more
![A wandering albatross flying for the first time on Macquarie Island](/site/assets/files/50892/mwells-taspws-wanderer-going-for-first-flights.600x514.jpg)
Mel shares her thoughts about the wildlife she monitors Read more
![Stilbocarpa at Brothers Point. Very common across Macquarie Island](/site/assets/files/50889/1_-stilbocarpa-at-brothers-point.600x514.jpg)
From the camera of Ranger in Charge Chris Read more
![Royal penguin at Macquarie Island](/site/assets/files/50886/dscf5134.600x514.jpg)
The locals wonder what we are up to Read more
![A group of swimmers preparing for the Australia Day swim — plus the observer, there to check for any hazards](/site/assets/files/50883/photo-1-annie--vicki--danielle--annette-and-angus-about-to-go-for-a-swim--with-ali-who-is-on-orca-lookout-_-photo-vicki-heinrich.600x514.jpg)
How we spent Australia Day on Macca Read more
![The red round flower head of Acaena Magellanica](/site/assets/files/50880/buzzy-red-round-flower-head-photo-peter-lecompte.600x514.jpg)
One of the stickiest plants on Macca Read more
![Norbert — call sign VK0AI — in the Ham Shack on the top of Hut Hill making contact with ham operators around the world.](/site/assets/files/50877/norbert-callsign-vk0ai-in-the-ham-shack.600x514.jpg)
What goes on in the Ham Shack Read more
![Green Gorge hut showing a tank outside the hut with pipe feed outside the hut](/site/assets/files/50874/green-gorge-hut.600x514.jpg)
Even on the Green Sponge water is sometimes hard to find… Read more
![Two ellie seals on the beach at Macca with superimposed Christmas Hats](/site/assets/files/50869/macca-christmas-card.600x514.jpg)
Holiday happenings on Macca Read more