Sunday 14th April 2024

Moulting alone.

​Hello friends and family,
The change of seasons continues to bring beautiful skies and wonderful light – we are hoping for rain! It is a pre-requisite for the new planting season. Young trees are gathering weeds and becoming root-bound – time to plant them out.

Newly moulted.

​The team came out on Tuesday, and all was well in the colonies. The task of the day was to empty the big freezer and use the chest freezers to save money on running costs. With everyone’s help it did not take long, but how embarrassing! I had supplies dating back to 2017. Fortunately, everything just fitted in the chest freezers, so there was no waste.

Tourist pressure is driving the seals off the point and into the colony.

​It was my turn at the Toptip on Wednesday, and it was a quiet morning, but the big news is, there is now a toilet! Up until now, going to the loo was really off the agenda unless another worker turned up to cover. Now I will take a thermos and have a coffee mid-morning. What luxury! 

Just a few days later - penguin rehydrated with partner

By Thursday morning, the predicted rain had not arrived and so we did the rounds, and, in the afternoon, Jan and I tackled a boxthorn while Robbie built some new houses and Murray sorted plants and traps. At 3pm it started to rain.
After two wet days, I am looking forward to doing the rounds today.
Have a great week!
Rosalie