Macquarie Island Homeowners Association
Macquarie Insights cover a full range of countries and sectors, with deep expertise and timely insights into the issues and trends that drive companies, industries and markets. The island is home to Royal Penguins, a species endemic to the island where an estimated 850,000 pairs reside- one of the greatest gatherings of seabirds in the world. King Penguins also call Macquarie Island home. Explore this magnificent place for two days.
- Accessible only by sea - if you enjoy wildlife you will enjoy Macquarie Island with an abundance of King & Royal penguins, Elephant seals, Giant Petrels, Skuas and fur seals. It is a privilege available only to a few each year. The Island includes a research base which operates.
- Macquarie Island Weather - 7 Day Forecast, Current Conditions and Radar.
- Macquarie Island or Macca as it is affectionately known, is a Sub-Antarctic island in the Southern Ocean administered by Australia.
In this 360 degree tour of Macquarie Island see how expeditioners live and work by exploring a range of buildings and scenic areas. Visit the kitchen and dining room, the library or a bedroom, and check out the biology laboratory, see where the daily weather balloons are launched, or stand on the island’s wild and windswept beaches.
You can view the tour on a computer, tablet or mobile phone. Phone users also have the option to view the tour with a virtual reality headset.
On the right side of the virtual tour screen is a map that you can expand. Scroll up and down the map and hover over each yellow dot to see which building or lookout you can visit. Alternatively, follow the menu on the top left of the screen. In some locations you will see an ‘i'. Click on these information boxes to read more about the place you are visiting.
Read more about the Macquarie Island Modernisation Project.