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List Of Little Penguin Colonies
This is a list of little penguin colonies notable for their size, location or public profile. It is not exhaustive. Some little penguin (''Eudyptula minor'') colonies are particularly large, well-known, or are tourist attractions; even small colonies in urban areas may attract tours. Little penguins, also known as little blue or fairy penguins, exhibit philopatry, site fidelity to their breeding colonies and nesting sites over successive years. They live year-round in large or small colonies, with each individual breeding pair forming a burrow, or using caves or crevices between rocks, in which to raise their chicks (of which two are born at a time, usually about two days apart). Although many breed in large, well-defined colonies, the penguins also occur in scattered locations along long stretches of coastline. In New Zealand numerous beaches, bays and coves are host to penguin colonies. Group size measures, Colony sizes may range from thousands to just a few nests, with some p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eudyptula Minor Family Exiting Burrow
The genus ''Eudyptula'' ("good little diver") contains two species of penguin, found in southern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands). They are commonly known as the little penguin, little blue penguin, or, in Australia, fairy penguin. In the language of the Māori people of New Zealand, little penguins are known as . For many years, a white-flippered form of the little penguin found only in North Canterbury, New Zealand was considered either a separate species, '' Eudyptula albosignata'', or just a subspecies, ''Eudyptula minor albosignata''. Analysis of mtDNA revealed that ''Eudyptula'' falls instead into two groups: a western one, found along the southern coast of Australia and the Otago region of New Zealand, and another found in the rest of New Zealand. These two groups are now considered full species: ''Eudyptula novaehollandiae'' in Australia and Otago, and '' Eudyptula minor'' elsewhere. ''E. novaehollandiae'' probably arrived in New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twofold Bay
Twofold Bay is an open oceanic embayment that is located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The bay was named by George Bass, for its shape of two bights. The northern bight is called Calle Calle Bay; while the southern bight is known as Nullica Bay, derived from Nalluccer, the original Aboriginal name for Twofold Bay. The bay is also known for the " Killers of Eden", the killer whales that helped a group of whalers in their search for other whales. The best-known of these was Old Tom, whose skeleton is preserved in Eden's local museum. Location and features Located near the town of Eden, Twofold Bay is approximately to the north of the border between Victoria and New South Wales. The bay is fed from the Nullica River and Towamba River that both flow into Nullica Bay. The catchment area of the bay is with a volume of over a surface area of , at an average depth of ; making the bay reputedly the third deepest natural harbour in the Southern Hem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barunguba / Montague Island
Barunguba / Montague Island is a Island#Continental islands, continental island contained within the Montague Island Nature Reserve, a state park, protected nature reserve that is located offshore from the South Coast (New South Wales), South Coast region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The nearest town located onshore from the reserve and island is , situated approximately to the northwest. History The island has been known to the local group of Yuin people, the Walbunja people, an Aboriginal Australian, Aboriginal nation, as Barunguba, and there are Aboriginal sacred site, Aboriginal sites of significance across the island. The island features in Aboriginal Australian mythology, Aboriginal mythology, as the eldest son of Gulaga (Mount Dromedary), the mother. Her younger son, Najanuka (Little Dromedary), was not allowed to go far from home as Barunguba did, but Gulaga can still see both her sons in the distance. Text may have been copied from this source, which is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Islands Nature Reserve
The Five Islands Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve located in the Tasman Sea, off the Illawarra east coast of the state of New South Wales, Australia. The reserve comprises five continental islands that are situated between east of . The Five Islands are Flinders Islet (Toothbrush Island), Bass Islet, Martin Islet, Big Island (also called Rabbit or Perkins Island) and Rocky Islet. History The reserve was originally dedicated as a fauna reserve in 1960; it is considered significant for its biological and Aboriginal heritage values and is managed by the NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service. At the height of the last ice-age some 18,000 years ago, with a lower sea-level, the islands were part of the mainland. When Europeans first visited the area around and immediately south of Sydney in the late 18th century, the mainland coast opposite the Five Islands was occupied by the Tharawal people. Cattle and rabbits were introduced to the islands before 1861. In 1867 a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manly, New South Wales
Manly is a beach-side suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is north-east of the Sydney central business district and is currently one of the three administrative centres of the Local government in Australia, local government area of Northern Beaches Council. Manly has a long-standing reputation as a Tourism, tourist destination, owing to its attractive setting on the Pacific Ocean and easy accessibility by Sydney Ferries, ferry. History Manly was named by Arthur Phillip, Captain Arthur Phillip for the Australian aborigine, Indigenous people living there, stating that "their confidence and manly behaviour made me give the name of Manly Cove to this place". These men were of the Kay-ye-my clan (of the Dharug-speaking Gayemaygal people). While scouting for fresh water in the area, Phillip encountered members of the clan, and after a kidnapping he was speared in the shoulder by one of the clan as a punishment ritual; the progressively-minded P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NSW Environmental Trust
The Environmental Trust is an independent statutory body in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) whose main activity is as a funding body for projects that aim to improve the environment of the state. History The Trust was established by the Environmental Trust Act 1998' with the objects: * Promoting restoration and rehabilitation projects in the public and private sectors which will, or are likely to, reduce pollution, the waste-stream or environmental degradation; * Promoting research into environmental problems in both the public and private sectors; * Promoting environmental education projects in the public and private sectors, and public awareness of environmental issues; and * Funding the acquisition of land for the national parks estate. The Trust is administered by the Office of Environment & Heritage, within the Department of Premier and Cabinet. The funds in the Trust are also used for the purposes of the Forestry Restructuring and Nature Conservation Act 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lion Island (New South Wales)
Lion Island is an island that is located at the mouth (river), mouth to the Hawkesbury River in Broken Bay on the Central Coast (New South Wales), Central Coast of the state of New South Wales, Australia. The island is located just off Pearl Beach, New South Wales, Pearl Beach and is part of the local government area. The island is a descriptive name because it resembles a Sphinx, a mythical figure of a crouching lion.Lion Island sign board at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park#West Head, West Head Lookout Lion Island is part of the Brisbane Water National Park, as it being one of the two islands located within the national park along with Spectacle Island (Hawkesbury River), Spectacle Island in the Hawkesbury River. Etymology The island was originally named Mount Elliott Island by Arthur Phillip, Governor Arthur Phillip in 1789, because it resembled Gibraltar where his friend, General Elliott, had inflicted defeats on French and Spanish fleets. This name continued to be used b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broughton Island (New South Wales)
Broughton Island is an island 14 km north-east of Port Stephens (New South Wales), Port Stephens on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Myall Lakes National Park. History Archaeology indicates that the certain ancestors of the Worimi people inhabited the island for an otherwise apparently indeterminate period of two thousand years, and whatever name those people may have had for the island itself remains unknown. It lay within the territory of the Garrawerrigal branch (''nurra'') of the Woromi. "Garrawerrigal" meant "the people of the sea", from ''garoowa''=sea. ''Niritba'' was "the home of the mutton bird" in their language. Broughton Island was seen by James Cook commanding HMS Endeavour, HM Bark ''Endeavour'' on 11 May 1770: he mistook it for a headland and called it Black Head. After its insularity was discovered, it was renamed Broughton Islands, and so appears on the 1852 Admiralty chart, ''Australia, East Coast. Broken Bay to Sugarlo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabbage Tree Island (John Gould Nature Reserve)
Cabbage Tree Island, also known as the John Gould Nature Reserve, is a protected nature reserve and uninhabited continental island lying off the mouth of Port Stephens on the coast of New South Wales, Australia. The reserve and island is named for the cabbage-tree palms in the two gullies on the island's western side which are the nesting site of Goulds petrel. It is the principal breeding site of the threatened nominate subspecies of the Gould's petrel and, with the nearby Boondelbah Island where there is also a small colony, has been classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area. Description Cabbage Tree Island is a small and rugged island, about long, on a north-south alignment, by wide. It rises abruptly to a height of . The tree vegetation includes, as well as the cabbage-tree palms, deciduous and sandpaper figs, native plums, and bird-lime trees. History In 1911, a penguin chick was captured on Cabbage Tree Island and taken to Maitland where a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boondelbah Island
Boondelbah Island, also known as the Boondelbah Nature Reserve, is a protected nature reserve and uninhabited island lying off the mouth of Port Stephens on the coast of New South Wales, Australia. The reserve and island is one of two breeding sites of the nominate subspecies of the threatened Gould's petrel and, with the nearby Cabbage Tree Island which hosts the principal colony, has been classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area. Description Boondelbah Island is a small, flat-topped, V-shaped island, surrounded by cliffs, about , with a maximum height of about . In contrast to rainforest-covered Cabbage Tree, Boondelbah is virtually treeless with the vegetation dominated by mat rush and coastal rosemary, with tussocks of paroo lily and knobby club rush. Prickly pear covers much of the cliff tops. Conservation Both Boondelbah and Cabbage Tree Islands are gazetted nature reserves under the , so protecting the islands' habitat from land uses i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral Sea, Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory are Enclave and exclave, enclaves within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. , the population of New South Wales was over 8.3 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788. It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its Western Australia border, western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825. The colony then also includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
