Australia's Remote Islands : Macquarie Island Documentary
MACQUARIE ISLAND is located half way between Australia and Antarctica in the middle of the Southern Ocean, is home to a research base for Australias Antarctic Division. It is a World Heritage Area.
Macquarie Harbour tour to Hell Island!
At Straughn in Tasmania’s southwest, visitors board a luxury catamaran and spend the day cruising what is usually, the calm waters of Macquarie Harbour. They visit the notorious Sarah Island ...a living hell for its convict inhabitants.
Macquarie Island Mini Documentary! Penguins, Seals, Albatross and much more
Sail the southern seas with owner and founder of Heritage Expeditions, Rodney Russ, aboard the Spirit of Enderby. This fifteen minute documentary takes you south of New Zealand en route to Antarctica to the wild and remote Subantarctic Islands. As you journey south to Macquarie Island, you'll be accompanied by soaring albatross, curious King Penguins, ferocious elephant seals and endemic Royal Penguins. Film by acclaimed filmmaker Brian Deane
Macquarie Island rats rabbits and cats
The eradication program to rid Macquarie Island of of rabbits ABC TV 7.30 Report 16 May 2011
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Impressionen der subantarktischen Macquarie Insel, ein Tierparadies.
No 24hr Sun/Daylight for Macquarie Island Webcam On Flat Earth — Australian Antarctic Division
After saving daily videos of the Davis Station I decided to visit their webcam page and found this one for Macquarie Island. Technically a part of Tasmania this island is situated halfway between Australia and Antarctica. This position difference is the difference between night and day.... literally. You can see the stars when it gets dark.
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Where Seal Pups Are Your Neighbours (Extreme Adventures - Macquarie Island) | TRACKS
Follow marine biologist Dean Miller's travel to one of the loneliest locations in the world; Macquarie Island in the southwest Pacific Ocean, roughly situated between Australia and Antarctica. Here, he will study the return of the almost extinct Antarctic fur seal.
At this location, the weather can be extremely harsh, and our biologist lives through all four seasons on the island. Luckily, there are rewards; such as seeing the cute seal pups growing up literally on his doorstep.
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Macquarie Island to be rid of pests
Aerial baiting will be the first step in a plan to wipe out a rabbit plague on Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean off the coast of Tasmania.
Tasmania, Australia's Only Island State
Tasmania is Australia's only island state. It has the smallest land area of any state, and has the smallest population, with roughly 500,000 inhabitants. It is separated from the Australian mainland by a body of water called the Bass Strait that has isolated it for thousands of years.
Tasmania is the smallest of Australia's six states, with an area of 68,400 sqaure kilometers. It is comparable in size to Ireland or the US state of West Virginia. Tasmania is separated from mainland Australia by the Bass Strait, from New Zealand by the Tasman Sea, and otherwise surrounded by the Southern Ocean. It is located right in the pathway of the notorious Roaring Forties wind that encircles the globe.
Most of Tasmania's population is concentrated around the south east and north coasts. The Midlands (the area between Hobart and Launcestion) is primarily used for argiculture. The Huon Valley and the area between Launceston and Burnie is used for both agriculture and horticulure. The Central Highlands, the West Coast and the South West are all mountainous forested areas, a majority of which are protected inside national parks.
Tasmania is the most mountainous state of Australia, its tallest mountain is Mount Ossa at 1,617 metres. Much of Tasmania is still densely forested, with the Southwest National Park and neighbouring areas holding some of the last temperate rain forests in the Southern Hemisphere.
The first reported sighting of Tasmania by a European was on 24 November 1642 by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. Captain James Cook landed at Adventure Bay in 1777. Matthew Flinders and George Bass first proved Tasmania to be an island in 1799.
The first European settling of Tasmania was by the British at Risdon Cove on the eastern bank of the Derwent estuary in 1804. Penal settlements were established at Sullivans Cove, Maria Island, Sarah Island, and Port Arthur. The colony changed its name from Van Diemen's Land to Tasmania in 1856. The Colony of Tasmania existed from 1856 until 1901, when it federated together with the five other Australian colonies to form the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Fight to save Antarctic Island
A special journey to one of Australia's environmental jewels - Macquarie Island.
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A great showcase of Macquarie Island from Australian Geographic!
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For The Term Of His Natural Life (the real story) - Macquarie Harbour Penal Station Tasmania.
For The Term Of His Natural Life (the real story) - Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, Tasmania. Music is The Ballad of Rafus Dawes by Australian Rock, blues veteran Tony Tapp or Tappy.
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Tasmania Sarah Island Convict Settlement Tour, World Heritage Cruise on Gordon River 2018 (4K)
This video is about my trip to Sarah Island, Tasmania's earliest penal settlement, having been established in January 1822, and was intended to strike fear into the hearts of convicts. Unlike Port Arthur, where the aim was to rehabilitate lost souls, Sarah Island was intended as raw punishment reserved for the worst of convicts. The Sarah Island penal settlement was closed in 1833 after the establishment of the penitentiary at Port Arthur. Visitors can tour the island on one of several cruises into the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, departing from Strahan.
Mystery of Tasmania Island - HD Documentary 2017 #Advexon
Tasmania, formerly Van Diemen’s Land, island state of Australia. It lies about 150 miles (240 km) south of the state of Victoria, from which it is separated by the relatively shallow Bass Strait. Structurally, Tasmania constitutes a southern extension of the Great Dividing Range. The state comprises a main island called Tasmania; Bruny Island, nestling close to the southeastern coast of the main island; King and Flinders islands in Bass Strait; numerous smaller islands off the coast of the main island; and subantarctic Macquarie Island, about 900 miles (1,450 km) to the southeast. The main island is roughly heart-shaped, with a maximum length and width of about 200 miles (320 km), and its latitude and climate are broadly comparable to those of northern California and northwestern Spain. With an area slightly larger than that of Sri Lanka, Tasmania is the smallest of Australia’s states. Hobart is the state capital.
The state owes its name to the Dutch navigator-explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, who in 1642 became the first European to discover the island. Until 1856, however, the island was known as Van Diemen’s Land, named for Anthony van Diemen, the governor of the Dutch East Indies who had sent Tasman on his voyage of exploration. The island of Tasmania contains some of the most spectacular mountain, lake, and coastal scenery in the country, and much of its land is protected in national parks and reserves. The state also produces a major portion of Australia’s hydroelectric power and possesses a great diversity of natural resources. Nevertheless, Tasmania has remained among the poorest of Australia’s states, with a steadily decreasing share of the country’s population. Although insularity renders much of its political, economic, and social life distinctive, proximity to Melbourne and air travel make Tasmania less isolated and more cosmopolitan than is often assumed in other Australian states. Area 26,410 square miles (68,401 square km). Population (2011) 495,354.
Soils
Most Tasmanian soils are leached, acidic, poorly drained, high in humus, and low in fertility. Least fertile and most extensive are the soils of the west and northeast, especially the moor peats. Fertile areas occur extensively in the northwest and locally elsewhere, notably in the northeast and southeast. Brown earths occupy the drier areas east of the Central Plateau; black earths, the southeast; and alluvial soils, the narrow valley floors to the east. Other fertile soils are those of former swamps in the far northwest and the Bass Strait islands.
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Tasmania, located in the midlatitude westerly wind belt and dominated by southern maritime air masses, generally enjoys a moist, equable climate, with mild to warm summers, mild winters in most settled areas, and rain during all seasons. However, the southwest has much rugged weather, and the southeast can suffer drought. Collision between tropical air masses—in summer from the continent and in spring and autumn from the eastern Tasmanian coast—and the mountainous surface results in greater climatic variety than in other parts of Australia. Annual precipitation, seasonal moisture deficiencies, and temperatures range widely and irregularly across the state. Average annual precipitation exceeds 100 inches (2,500 mm) on the western ranges and declines eastward to less than 20 inches (510 mm) in some places; along the north coast it exceeds 30 inches (760 mm) in all locations. The seasonal incidence in the north and west is greatest in winter, and in the south and east it is greatest in spring. Summer rainfall may vary markedly from year to year, especially in the drier east. Mean January temperatures are higher in the north and east than elsewhere, reaching 64 °F (18 °C) at Launceston; mean July temperatures are 46 to 49 °F (8 tο 9 °C) in all coastal stations, declining sharply with elevation.
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Rabbits Eradication from Macquarie Island
Detection dogs aboard the Aurora Australis are on their way to Macquarie Island to find rabbits as part of the AAD rabbit eradication program.
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ABC News 25 April 2011
The Sad Saga of Macquarie Island
Here's another one for the Oops! file. Macquarie Island was discovered by humans early in the 19th century, and was soon seeing a brisk traffic in sealers who brought more than just hunting supplies to the small island southeast of Australia. The introduction of rats and mice (inadvertently brought to the island on sealers' ships), cats (meant to control the population of rats and mice, of course), and rabbits (tasty victuals for the intrepid sealers) has virtually destroyed the island's ecosystem and caused the population of native seabirds to dwindle. A study conducted by scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division and released earlier this month confirms that the most recent attempts to protect what is left of the natural flora and fauna have actually succeeded in creating conditions under which seabirds continue to die. Arko Lucieer, geologist at the University of Tasmania and co-author of the study, explains the situation to GOOD News.
Sarah Island - Macquarie Harbour
When you see the natural beauty of Macquarie Harbour, it’s hard to imagine that back in the 1820s, this was the scene of incredible misery. However, the fact that the entrance to the harbour is known as Hell’s Gates should give you some clue. Conditions at the penal settlement were so harsh that it was not uncommon for convicts to kill other inmates just so they would be executed themselves.
Tour of Macquarie Island
Like stepping into Jurassic Park, see and hear the big creatures in their big landscape.
Macquarie Island Pest Eradication - aerial baiting
Aerial baiting was a key technique for the largest pest eradication program undertaken in Australia.