In this 360 degree tour of Macquarie Island see how expeditioners live and work by exploring a range of buildings and scenic areas. Visit the kitchen and dining room, the library or a bedroom, and check out the biology laboratory, see where the daily weather balloons are launched, or stand on the island’s wild and windswept beaches.
- Macquarie Island Homeowners Association
- Macquarie Island Birds
- Macquarie Island Map
- Macquarie Island Wiki
- Macquarie Island Facts
You can view the tour on a computer, tablet or mobile phone. Phone users also have the option to view the tour with a virtual reality headset.
On the right side of the virtual tour screen is a map that you can expand. Scroll up and down the map and hover over each yellow dot to see which building or lookout you can visit. Alternatively, follow the menu on the top left of the screen. In some locations you will see an ‘i'. Click on these information boxes to read more about the place you are visiting.
Macquarie Fields Public School. My Island Home Our story is about 3 children leaving Australia and journeying to their home of origin in the Pacific Islands.
Read more about the Macquarie Island Modernisation Project.
- 'Tim Winton's Island Home' The Australian Newspaper, 31 October 2015. 'Digging a Hole in the Ocean-Philip Hoare's The Sea Inside'. James Ley (ed.) The Sydney Review of Books, October 2013. 'Animals in Their Graves-Barbara J. King's How Animals Grieve' Peter Rose (ed.). Australian Book Review.
- Macquarie Insights cover a full range of countries and sectors, with deep expertise and timely insights into the issues and trends that drive companies, industries and markets.
- Fraser Island is a heritage-listed island located along the southeastern coast in the Wide Bay–Burnett region, Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 250 kilometres (160 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane, and is a locality within the Fraser Coast Region local government area.
- About GRUAN
- Task Teams
- Sites
Macquarie Island Homeowners Association
GRUAN status
- Candidate site
- (data flow in preparation)
- GRUAN (code, name)
- MAQ, MacquarieIsland
- -short
- Macquarie Island
- -long, international
- Macquarie Island
- -long, national
- Macquarie Island
- WMO (code, name)
- 94998, Macquarie Island
Location
- Country
- Australia
- State
- Tasmania
- Latitude
- 54.4994° S
- Longitude
- 158.9369° E
- Altitude
- 6 m
Position map
Institution / Operator
- Name
- Bureau of Meteorology
- -long, international
- Bureau of Meteorology
- -long, national
- Bureau of Meteorology
- Website
- www.bom.gov.au
- Description
- Weather Service
- Name
- Dr Matthew Tully
- Affiliation
- Bureau of Meteorology
- Address
- Bureau of Meteorology
- GPO Box 1289
- Melbourne, Victoria 3001
- Australia
- M.Tully@bom.gov.au
- Phone
- +61 3 9669 4139
- Fax
Site Description
- Foundation
- 1948-01-01
- General type
- sub-antarctic
- Topography
- island, composed entirely of oceanic crust and rocks from the mantle, deep below the earth's surface
- Land use (within 10 km)
- unsettled
- Climate
- sub-antarctic
- Website
- www.bom.gov.au
Macquarie Island Birds
Relevant Documents
Macquarie Island Map
GRUAN Site Report for Macquarie Island - Matt Tully
Macquarie Island Wiki
Macquarie Island Facts
GRUAN Site Report for Macquarie Island - Matt Tully
GRUAN Site Report for Macquarie Island - Matt Tully
GRUAN Site Report for Alice Springs, Davis, Darwin, Macquarie Island, Melbourne - Matt Tully
GRUAN Station Report for Australian Stations (Alice Springs, Darwin, Davis, Macquerie Island, Melbourne) - Matt Tully