Wyn capturing meMt GowerThis southernmost coral reef is in a healthy condition, unlike the Great Barrier ReefBurrowing Sea UrchinBluefish, they are large and brush against you, used to being fedThis fish swam up to me a couple of times at Ned’s, and rested by my feet like a dog. I didn’t realise it was one of the most dangerous fishes in the world – a Stonefish.
Research Lab, Lord Howe Island, August 2018 – poem 240 grams
Banyan, a fig tree (Ficus macrophylla)Ball’s Pyramid, a remnant of a shield volcano. In 2017, scientists confirmed that the giant stick insects discovered surviving there in 2001 are the same species rats were believed to have killed off a century ago. They are successfully breeding them on the island.
