Montague Island, New South Wales, Australia, 8 to 11 November 2019

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Pelican in Narooma Harbour.

Montague Island Day One..

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Humpback whale disappearing.

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Humpback whales, mother and calf.

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Seals off a headland.

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A seal launching into the sea.

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At the lighthouse cottages when the storm hits.

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Crested terns courting.

Montague Island Day Two.

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Silver gull.

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Silver gull chicks.

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View from the lighthouse looking south, showing the stones sacred to the Aborigines (the whale, the shark and the tortoise) and also the small lighthouse cemetery.

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View of lighthouse cottages from the lighthouse.

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The old wharf.

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Sea eagle.

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Tiny ground flowers.

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Old banksia setrrata cone.

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Little penguins coming ashore.

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Great cormorants on rock.

Montague Island Day Three (Morning).

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Seal interactions.

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Shell on rock.

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Sooty oystercatchers.

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Created tern coming in to land.

Montague Island Day Three (Afternoon).

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Silver gull and nesting material.

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Crested tern with fish.

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Silver gull coming in to land.

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Crested tern and chick.

Montague Island Day Four.

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Contention.

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Competing for space.

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Welcome swallows.

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The lighthouse receding.

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Pelican confused by sign.

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I’m due to go down to Thredbo for the Thredbo Blues Festival next weekend but because of bushfires in the area I won’t know whether the festival is on until later today or tomorrow.  There may or may not be a post on that in a few weeks.  Next week though, I expect to resume the account of my travels to Cuba and the Caribbean at Santo Domingo in the Dominican republic.