Macquarie Island rabbit crisis - main tourist sites

First | Previous Picture | Next Picture | Last | Thumbnails

Before: Tourist boardwalk at Sandy Bay, north end of Macquarie Island, in 1990, with healthy tussock vegetation.

After: Tourist boardwalk at Sandy Bay, north end of Macquarie Island, December 2005. Total destruction of tussock, only stumps remain.

Before: Tourist platform at end of boardwalk, Sandy Bay, north end of Macquarie Island, 1990. Healthy slopes with tussock vegetation.

After: Tourist platform at end of boardwalk, Sandy Bay, north end of Macquarie Island, December 2005. Destruction of tussock vegetation, only stumps remain.

Before: Tourist staircase leading to boardwalk at Sandy Bay, north end of Macquarie Island, 1990. Healthy slopes with tussock and Macquarie Island cabbage.

After: Tourist staircase leading to boardwalk at Sandy Bay, north end of Macquarie Island, December 2005. Destruction of tussock and Macquarie Island cabbage, landslip erosion.