King Island

Abstract

My notes tell me that my one and only trip to King Island was wet and depressing. My memory is another thing altogether. I remember being delighted at seeing Scrubtits, which are classified as critically endangered on King Island. I remember a huge flock of White-throated Needletails (no doubt explained by the storms) and an hilarious agricultural show where locals competed in gumboot tossing. King Island, which has an area of 1100 square kilometres and a population of 1700, is located in Bass Strait off the north-west tip of Tasmania, about halfway between Tasmania and the mainland. Because of this