Maritime Display Flinders Island
Click on the link below for a weekend of local maritime history presented by the Furneaux Maritime History Association Inc. Furneaux to Furneaux Maritime Display
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Sea Sunday Flinders Island
The Christian Churches on the Furneaux Islands want to thank everyone who participated in making the Sea Sunday Ecumenical Service at Lady Barron Wharf on 30th October a reflective time of celebration for those concerned in our island living; and for those who work in seafaring aspects everywhere. It was a blustery day – most […]
Flinders Island facts
The Flinders Island district covers the Furneaux Group of Islands which lies in Bass Strait to the north east of Mainland Tasmania and consist of a group of 52 islands of variying sizes covering an area of 2,000 square kilometers. The largest island is Flinders Island with an area of 1,400 square kilometers, with a population of around 800 […]
Flinders Island Salted Mutton-bird
After enjoying a large fat salted mutton-bird for lunch today Rowena can not wait to go mutton birding again, still 9 months to go. The mutton-bird or “short-tailed shearwater”, is a yearly visitor to Flinders Island, Tasmania. Flying in around September the adult birds prepare their burrow, mate and lay their single egg in that burrow, in the many rockeries scattered around the […]