ILE DES PHOQUES

“Just a bunch of bachelors eating crap food and sinking lots of beer”

Jokes aside, I was lucky enough to join the Tasmania Department of Natural Resources and Environment’s marine mammal team on an expedition out to Ile Des Phoques. This island, located off the coast of the Freycinet Peninsula has served as home to a few Australian fur seals over the years.

The counts we conducted revealed exponential growth to such a extent that it can now be regarded as a colony which is epic because numbers of this species have been declining rapidly on the mainland of Australia. Got to take the little wins!