A sign at the entrance to a nature reserve where Penguins rule.

Penguins Rule This Island

No thanks to mainstream media, most people have associated penguins with Antarctica (or any island covered with ice, for that matter) when in fact, they live in different ecosystems, just like this lush and green Macquarie Island in Australia.

Read more about this beautiful place here.

Anare scientific station, Signpost of Macquarie Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Australian Subantarctic Islands Station scientifique de Anare, panneau indicaterur de l'ile de Macquarie, Site du Patrimoine Mondial de l?UNESCO, Iles subantarctiques d?Australie Wissenschaftliche Station Anare, Anzeigtafel von Macquarie Insel, Welterbe der UNESCO, Subantarktische Inseln von Australien
Anare scientific station, Signpost of Macquarie Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Australian Subantarctic Islands
Station scientifique de Anare, panneau indicaterur de l’ile de Macquarie, Site du Patrimoine Mondial de l?UNESCO, Iles subantarctiques d?Australie
Wissenschaftliche Station Anare, Anzeigtafel von Macquarie Insel, Welterbe der UNESCO, Subantarktische Inseln von Australien
Macquarie Island
Macquarie Island
Macquarie Island
Macquarie Island
Macquarie Island
Macquarie Island
Royal Penguin colony, Sandy Bay, Macquarie Island, Australian Subantarctic Islands Colonie de Gorfous de Schlegel,Sandy Bay, Ile de Macquarie, Iles subantarctiques d?Australie Haubenpinguin Kolonie, Sandy Bay, Macquarie Insel, Subantarktische Inseln von Australien Eudyptes schlegeli Spheniscidae Fam
Royal Penguin colony, Sandy Bay, Macquarie Island, Australian Subantarctic Islands
Colonie de Gorfous de Schlegel,Sandy Bay, Ile de Macquarie, Iles subantarctiques d?Australie
Haubenpinguin Kolonie, Sandy Bay, Macquarie Insel, Subantarktische Inseln von Australien
Eudyptes schlegeli
Spheniscidae Fam
Macquarie Island
Macquarie Island
04 Dec 2009, Macquarie Island, Tasmania, Australia --- King penguin colony on Macquarie Island in Australia --- Image by © Nick Rains/Corbis
04 Dec 2009, Macquarie Island, Tasmania, Australia — King penguin colony on Macquarie Island in Australia — Image by © Nick Rains/Corbis
Macquarie Island, Tasmania, Australia --- Royal Penguins Walking Up a Creek --- Image by © Wolfgang Kaehler/CORBIS
Macquarie Island, Tasmania, Australia — Royal Penguins Walking Up a Creek — Image by © Wolfgang Kaehler/CORBIS
Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) group walking to colony past Macquarie Island Cabbage (Stilbcarpa polaris) both endemic to Macquarie Island, Australia
Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) group walking to colony past Macquarie Island Cabbage (Stilbcarpa polaris) both endemic to Macquarie Island, Australia
King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony on Macquarie Island, sub-Antarctica Australia
King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony on Macquarie Island, sub-Antarctica Australia
Share via
Copy link