TAS director Bruce Frankcombe sent these shots from Maatsuyker island lighthouse where he and his wife are acting as caretakers for the next 3 months. As Bruce points out:
“I definitely need a contingency plan if something goes wrong with a prosthesis in this location. It’s fix your own legs here I’m afraid. I’m wearing my Mawson beanie with a chin strap to stop it being blown away and a Polar Fleece top over another 3 layers of thermal clothing to stay warm. You can just see the top of the original Maatsuyker light behind me, and the 3 large rocks out to the right of the picture form part of a group called the Needles.
The grandeur of this view is lost in the photo. The large triangular rock is called the “Big Pyramid” and is 100 metres tall, and the smaller pyramid shape slightly behind it and to the left is the “Little Pyramid” and that is 60 metres tall. They are roughly 2 Klm’s away. The two rocks that we use to gauge the Swell height for the weather observation are off to the right of the Big Pyramid. The back one is 6 metres tall and is covered by the swell in this photo so you can’t see it. The one that you can see is 13 metres tall and has been disappearing from time to time all week. This is due to the Swell running at 5 metres and the sea waves on top of that running at about 3 to 4 metres. The weather might be a bit ordinary but the view out the window is magnificent. We are so lucky to be here.”
The Elephant Seal is part of the local wildlife. This photo is taken with a 500mm lens from at least 200 metres away, just because I think he may have bad breath.