Flinders Island Holiday House Photo Gallery.

Flinders Island March - April 2012

The Killiecrankie airport with a new surface and

painted markers. A 20min walk away from the

house and beach.

Trousers Point.

Sunrise at Killiecrankie on the Balcony.

Gardens worked well for us while we were away from here for about 6 weeks.

Seven pumpkins and numerous other squashes etc.

Santorini and Roma tomatoes have done well on the dripper system. Although they had clearly had better days and could have been picked earlier, we made lots of soups for the freezer, dried and pickled tomatoes along with chutney. Semi dried tomatoes along with our basil and garlic packed in jars with our local olive oil is a tasty treat.

We picked 12 kg on arrival and made a large community soup which we shared with the locals down on the common area at the beach.

Selection from the vegy garden and  preserves.

Marika's drift wood clocks. She has sold a few of these. Hard part is trying to get driftwood of the right size so there are no cutting marks.

Called Spaghetti Squash. Interesting texture and flavour.

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Wanderer butterflies"  There are clouds of these at West end eating the swan plants.

Arnies driftwood house. Hard to get to and very remote. 

Flinders Island Xmas 2011, January 2012

Misty Morning. Taken from the Back door. This is where we have a pair of Sea Eagles nesting.

Change in weather. Mist starts to form on our Mt Killiecrankie driven by a cooling wind. Taken from balcony.

Killiecrankie Village. Ours is the house with the blue roof. Middle forground.

Marika's driftwood (and cheese grater) light.

The vegy garden has been very successful. Its nice to have fresh vegies in a remote area.

We have Cabbages, tomatoes (soon), lettuce, beetroot, Onions.

The 'Black Currawong', found only on the

Bass Strait Islands

Blue Wrens, Male and Female.We have a bird size excluder on our vegy garden. This sized bird, and smaller, are the only ones that can enter through the mesh and eat the pests.

 Robin and Sea Gull Eggs.

Hannah with Lainey and Ruby

Marika with Lainey.

This trip we have Ned our grandson with us for a week during the school holidays..

Laying the BBQ paving made from local materials with Kim and Barry.

View of the house taken from the front. Beach behind camera. Ned and Marika on the balcony are preparing for a walk. Dark green bushes to the right of them are Boobialla (Myoporum- insulare) which is a flame proof native plant These extend right along the back of the house area.

Daisies, irises and tulips are about the only flowers that the wallabies do not eat.

We arrived to 9 of these cauliflowers in our vegy garden. fresh produce is at a premium here so they were used in various ways.

Bartered for pumpkin and fresh eggs. Endless soups, Stir fry's, Cauliflower salad, Curried. Slow cooked stew with diced kangaroo steak.etc etc

West End Area.

Ned came across 2 Echidna. One was an albino.

They are rather shy . Ned taking a snap.

Rough track down a steep hill towards Egg Beach. Roden Island in the foreground. Our family have often camped on this island, among a colony of noisy Fairy Penguins.

Prime Seal Island in the backgound.

Walking toward 'Egg Beach'

Twelve Hour Point in the background. This area is only for 4WD cars with low range. There was a time a conventional car could make it into here but the track has all but disappeared.

A contemplative Ned sitting on some eggs. 

Egg Beach.

Ned sieving for some Topaz at 'Deep Bight' just 20 mins walk from our house.

He found around 6 pieces of Topaz.

Killiecrankie Bay March-April 2011

Vegy garden construction under way. stainless steel cables in place and tensioned so we can 'ring lock' the netting to it. Netting next!

Marika putting cleats with glue and nails to anchor the net. The RHS has a larger aperture wire net to allow the small birds access so they can eat the insects etc.  

Brave woman on the roof screwing in more cleats to stop the wind lifting the net.

Birds were flying in as we worked, through the bird wire.

Sleeper beds are in place ready to fill with soil.

Opening of the Vegy Garden Party. ( any excuse for a social)

West Ends, sustainability minister (Bill H) shaking hands with Jack.

Fishing trip with Mike Nichols. Beating down onto Prime Seal Island. A rough trip but we caught some flathead and salmon.

The Lady Nelson arrives into the port of Lady Barren. This shot was taken from our table in the Hotel while we had lunch.

'Little Green Island' in foreground.

'Great Dog Island' behind.

'Cape Barren Island' and Mount Munro in the background.

Bow shot from the Lady Nelson heading towards the 'Pot Boil'

Returning to the fair port of 'Lady Barren' rounding Vansitart Island with The Patriarchs in the back ground. The Hotel is the building with the red roof.

Mark, John, Micheala and Marika discussing mutiny strategies.

Bill and Terri.

Gallery...click to enlarge..

Killiecrankie House From the front a few meters from the beach	Killiecrankie House View towards the Kitchen
Killiecrankie House View from Lounge room	Killiecrankie House Lounge room	The Docks A favorite spot requiring 4WD trip, only 15 mins drive away from the house.
Killiecrankie Bay The Slipway. About 5 min walk from the house. A quiet secluded spot and well sheltered if its windy. Mt Killiecrankie in background.	Killiecrankie Bay Another view of the Slipway with the tide out.	Killiecrankie Bay. A 50 minute walk along the beach is 'Stackies Bight' A secluded spot. A bottle of champagne and a good book is mandatory. Toby and Bel in foreground. House is in the background on the horizon.
Mt Tanner. View from Mt Tanner towards Killiecrankie Bay. Mt Killiecrankie can be seen in the left background.	Killiecrankie Bay A shot towards our house, in the background. Taken at Stackies Bight.	Killiecrankie Bay Wedding. Dean and Moonique married here. The famous bridal car, EJ, brings back memories of a great 20 years driving on the Island. A Mitsubishi 4WD van is now used.
Killiecrankie Bay landing strip. Our favorite plane was the Cherokee 6, 260HP. It would hold the whole family in comfort plus a friend or two. Bill setting up to land on the strip.	Killiecrankie Bay. FAJ, Leaving the landing strip en route to Moorabin.	Killiecrankie Bay Family outing to Stackies Bight.
Tanners Bay Marika, Monique and Hannah plus kids, having a day away on a lonely beach leaving the hunters to fish.	Killiecrankie Bay View from the mountain behind our house over Killiecrankie Bay.	North East River A 30 minute drive from the house to the top end of the Island. Great fishing spot. Terrific beaches.
Marshal Bay A picture of Marshal Rock. Site of the wreck of a large sailing boat around 1830.	Killiecrankie Landing Strip. MRX a Cherokee Piper 160 HP. Used this aircraft when the kids were small. A very economical aircreaft.	Mt Tanner Sunset from Mt Tanner with Tom and Lee circa 1995.
Rainbow from the house Old caravan car port being demolished in foreground making way for an expanded vegy garden.	Bill and Penny Visitors. Old freinds who came for a week late 2010.	The ramp garden. Marika has planted Wallaby proof species here. They wont eat bulbs.
Old wreck on the beach. Mt Killiecrankie in the background.	Blue Cheeked Parrot Nesting. Very common on Flinders Island. Nest in any building hole they can find.	Stackies Bight. No one else. Quiet spot for a bit of reading. Our house and village are in the background.
Sunset from Mt Tanner Looking toward Prime Seal Island	Local Turkeys. These roam around the village eating snials etc. Rarely seen just before christmas.