Macquarie Island 2003

Field & Boat training. [pg1, pg2]

Images from the field training below.

 
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The intrepid trio, from left: Rob, Henry, Joe
Climbing up Gadgets Gully to the top of the plateau
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At the top of Gadgets Gully (station in background)
Lots of streams and lakes along the top.
(photo by Rob)
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A rare event, visibility on top of the plateau !
Bauer Bay hut on the wild west coast
(photo by Rob)
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Bauer Bay Hut
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Joe and Rob (camera ready) were waiting for me to go knee deep into the "invisible bog", but I narrowly avoided it, nyah nyah!
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We come across a Royal Penguin rookerie up on the plateau, these guys travel hundreds of metres uphill and downhill along streams to and from their rookeries to the sea for a feed.
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Joe cooks up a storm inside the Green Gorge Hut
View of the beach from the Green Gorge Hut.

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