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Willis Island I

Between September 2018 and April 2019 I had the opportunity to work and live on a tropical island in the Coral Sea.

Willis Island is the only permanently inhabited island in the Coral Sea Islands Territory, an external territory of Australia, located beyond the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea. The Island is about 450km east of Cairns.

The island is about 500 metres long and 150 metres wide and has been an operational weather station since 1921. The population is 4, which are all there to operate and maintain the weather station. The 4 person crew are deployed to the island for a 6 month term.

The following photographs are a selection of the wildlife and life in general on this special, wonderful sandy cay.