Macquarie Island expeditioner Jessie Westbury shares some photos and thoughts about field training.

Field Training Archives

Field training for the 77th crew is complete and it was an absolute hoot! I am feeling super lucky to be sharing the Macca experience with a truly special bunch of humans. It’s impossible to summarise eight unique groups - each was filled with laughter, awe and a whole lotta love for this wild, green, spongy island. So, I’ll let the photos (and their captions) do the talking.

Please enjoy the following collection from the Field Training Archives: a departing portrait of each team, some shenanigans, a dishevelled moment or two, jaw-dropping scenery and most importantly lunch planning / making / forecasting / avoiding / detouring / eating / digesting.  All the best parts of the day. ALL MY FAVOURITE.

Jessie, Senior Field Training Officer

Three smiling women with packs on
Four smiling people carrying packs with a green hill and sea behind them
A group stand on a gravel road with sea and mist behind them
Four people in outdoor gear stand on a gravel road with the sea behind them
Four people with arms outstretched stand on a grey beach in front of a misty steep hill
Four people stand on a green tussocky hill under blue sky
Three people in yellow outdoor gear stand on the verandah of a timber building
Three people in yellow outdoor gear stand in front of a sign saying 'Macquarie Island Nature Reserve World Heritage Area'
Two people walking down a slope with tussock grass towards a wild beach
Two people walk across a grassy slope towards the sea
A group stands in front of a round orange melon hut
A person falls flat on a misty brown grass landscape
A person kicks their heels walking along a grey beach in the mist
A red tent on a snowy slope
Two people peer at maps
Two people smile at the camera while walking down a sleep slope with cabbage plants
Three people inside a red tent
A person makes a heart shape with their hands inside a hut
A person sits on a rock and looks out at a rocky beach and steep hills

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