On 27 May 120 mm rain fell overnight. One of the biggest rainfall events for many years and creeks opened up into the Lagoon, and waterfalls on the mountains provided […]
On 13th and 14th February ex tropical cyclone Eusi moved across Lord Howe Island. There was not flooding rains, but strong winds uprooted many trees, and waves washed through the […]
2019 October 21 to 30 – worked with a film crew from Wild Pacific Media on a documentary about The East Australian Current – included work with seabirds, vegetation, conservation […]
20th Septemeber 2019 The local Sustainable Energy Working Group held a Climate Change awareness event at the local public hall – joining the world wide action to raise awareness of […]
2019 June 28 to July 5. Field trip for Island Biology with Victoria University Wellington. Sixteen students keen to learn about Lord Howe Island and all of the island biology […]
2019 May Ground baiting for the Rodent Eradication commences in the settlement areas. A ground crew of some 50 people to place bait in each one of 19,000 bait stations.
In 2017 Sanny Saito from JAMSTEC visited the island to look for evidence of xenoliths – granite inclusions in basalt rock, This was a hunch that when the Lord Howe […]
April 2016 Neil Oliver and the team from Coast visited Lord Howe Island for a series about coast around Australia. I took them on a walk south to explain the […]
The trip to the Azores was to attend an Island Biology conference on the island of Terciera and present papers on Social Aspects of Island conservation, and Friends of Lord […]
On 18th February I attended the Senate Hearing held in Sydney and gave statements about the impacts of marine plastic on seabirds at Lord Howe Island. Also in attendance were […]