A miserable day today, raining and windy, so The Doc explored the Island, locating places to photograph. The 2 lookouts were disappointing, but Cameron’s Inlet, Lady Barron and Strezlecki National Park look promising.

Some wildlife was seen, a small echidna and a few Bennetts Wallabies. Some birds are breeding including swans, plovers and moorhens, all of which had young. The Doc saw 2 Cape Barren Geese in a field and a large number of Pacific Gulls in a field. This does seem to be a stronghold of the Pacific Gull, which mostly breeds off shore on one the 54 islands in the Furneaux Group, Flinders being one of the 54 islands.

The Doc continues to see Green Rosellas, but has not had a chance to get a nice photo as yet.

Back to Whitemark, the first township on the Island, for lunch. It use to be known as White Mark, but when the telegraph arrived and charged by the word, locals began to call it Whitemark.

The clouds are breaking up a little, but the wind remains strong. Whether that helps the sunset remains to be seen. Doing homework to photograph Mt Killecrankie at sunset. Unfortunately the wind gusts were too strong to take photos.

Granite is widespread across the Island and in many places it is covered in lichen, some amazing colours and textures. A small selection.