I lived on Willis Is for 6 months back in 1984. I was a Technical Officer and I spent 6 months there and I was one of 4 crew. I had a great time there and luckily, we all got on very well. We launched 4 weather baloons each day and performed surface observations.
You have to look at Rottnest Island, off the west coast of Western Australia, about 45 minutes boat ride from Perth. It's an awesome little Island with beautiful beaches, and amazing and unique animals including the Quokka the cutest little marsupials you'll ever see.
There's another, smaller island off Perth called Carnac Island where you're advised not to venture further in than the beach because it's very densely populated with tiger snakes. Word is that they're of a pretty gentle disposition though.
I came here to point this out. Rottnest Island is one of the best known islands in Australia, probably on par with Kangaroo Island. Philip Island near Melbourne is also another well known addition
I recently went to Phillip island (close to Melbourne) which has the world's smallest species of penguins and the rarest species of geese! You wouldn't know the geese are rare just by being there though since there's tons of them lol.
Moreton Island, Bribie Island and Stradbroke Island are the other 3 well known sand Islands in Queensland. Togethe with K'gari (Fraser) they are the four largest sand Islands in the world. Bribie is the only one connected by Bridge and the one with the largest population (approx 21 thousand per census) but they mostly live in the southern parts as the rest is national park. Lord Howe Island (off NSW coast) is also interesting. Very beautiful but only 400 people allowed to visit/be on the island at any time. Rottnest Island in Western Australia is another interesting one. Bruny Island , Tasmania And of the Whitsundays has a bunch of lovely Islands.
I lived and worked on Kangaroo Island for a few years back in the early days. Monday to Thursday was crushing the Yakka Gum (where the expression hard yakka came from) Friday/Saturday was shark fishing where we would go out in leaky bondwood dorys and net sharks. The hull of the boat was soft enough for me to dig my fingernails into and it leaked like a sieve. The sharks were often longer than the boat it self. Most of the sharks were in the 4 foot long range and the Skipper would beat them on the head with his home made mallet while i held onto the tail. I used to find a lot of (now rare) endangered Marsupial Mice in the Yakka trunks, since they stopped the harvesting of Yakka the Marsupial Mice population has dwindled. Yakka would be pushed over one year and then the next year you would go and split it, put pieces into a drum, then drum to an old war time Blitz flat bed truck, then to the home made crushing machine where a dry, brittle, hard gum resin would be bashed out of it. We also did Eucalyptus Leaf distilling, we made killer Eucalyptus Oil, very pure and all done with home made stills about 15 foot across, old land rovers as crane, the glass bottles to store the oil we scrounged from the local dump, no two bottles were ever the same! and I lived at the Kingscote Caravan Park.
You should have included the Cocos Islands that are southwest of Christmas Island in the Indian ocean. I've been there and they are Australia's own little version of the Maldives - absolutely stunningly beautiful. Home island is the home for the Cocos Malay people -- descendants of Malay copra workers brought there in the 19th century by the Clunies-Ross family , and West island is the home for all the other Australians that own small businesses or work for the Australian government.
Perhaps you skipped the day at primary school where they defined the words "continent" and "island"? These two words are mutually exclusive: A landmass is either a continent, or an island. Or, in the case of New Zealand - a sunken continent. From National Geographic: "An island is a body of land surrounded by water. Continents are also surrounded by water, but because they are so big, they are not considered islands." It is very strange a channel titled "The Geography Bible" should misuse these important geographic words.
A few Islands that you could have mentioned- Dirk Hartog Island which is west of the westernmost point on the Australian continent. French Island in the middle of Westernport Bay, Victoria. Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin. Macquarie Island, about 800km south of Hobart
Kangaroo Island has a heap of things to do and see. Well worth a visit - take your car on the ferry. Amazing geography, tame animals, great fishing, excellent camping, sandy beaches, rugged coastlines, friendly people. Don’t pass it by.
@plusstats first off, what is bro? The word is brother , only knuckleheads use a term like "bro"! Next, Australia is its own continent, that's fact dopey! No such place as Oceania. Grow up.
@plusstatsOceania is the region that includes Australia mate 🤠 Australia is it's own continent or maybe they should use Sahul to stop any confusion 🤔
Hey, appreciate you doing this. A nice add on would have been the largest inland in the southern hemisphere*, not sure of that but its often quoted in the area. Sorry the island would be Woodford Island on the Clarence River
Not the largest in the Southern Hemisphere! Bananal Island in the River Araguaia in Brazil is a river island at about 11°S, 51°W, and is 19162 km^2, compared to Woodford Island's 37 km^2.
I live in Brisbane & this is Cool 😎 egimacational video is as close to these islands as I will ever get i reckon Mum lives on Bribie Island 🏝️ 40minus drive for Briz Bribie is bridged google says:- existing Bribie Island bridge was constructed in 1963 and consists of 2 traffic lanes and a pedestrian pathway. It is the only road link between Bribie Island and the mainland. I am more than 50 years of age never had a passport say what more say "don't need one everyone else ends up coming here!" I wouldn't dream of going to Frazer cost heat travel time shit to non existent roads tourists bogs breakdowns ferries mozzie sandflies those dogs you talked with ticks leaches about nah Bribie's much better home same day has the same white beaches ocean waves 🌊 not much good for surfing but I never did want to be hit on the head by a surfboard sitting out in the full sun looking at sets coming in being shark bait Yes if you want skin cancer Australia is the place to do it went to Russell Island off of Victoria Point QLD it's all right if your rich living on the water front big house car on the main land car on the island your own sailing yacht & a motor boat way back in my late 30s I flew to Townsville all the import locals said if you want to do something touristy then go to Magnetic Island yeah too small too much peace n quiet again some of the private property homes looked like must have been nice could tell just by how high the privacy fences was blocking all any chance seeing the water from in on the islands roads wish I was a kangaroo 🦘 on the big cities urban suburban outskirts golf courses they look like they've never missed a feed spose it gives the wild dogs & red fox something to chew on so they don't get hungry for people
Ive been to Norfolk, Flinders and Tasmania. All are stunningly beautiful and worth every moment you spend on them. I went to Norfolk to see where the auracaria heterophylla (Norfolk Island Pines) came from. Then I found so much more, what with the Bounty Mutineers being allowed to move there from Pitcairn after Britain abandoned the penal colony on Norfolk, the graveyard is full of the names Christian and Quintal and Adams. I was also on White Island in NZ prior to it blowing it's top and killing 20+ people.
I don't know why, but even though I'm terrified of spiders, I'm completely cool with crabs even though they're basically spiders with armor and claws. I just think crabs are cute for some reason
I would love to see a detailed ethnographic video on Burundi but please put less emphasis on these world organisations data etc. On how poor these countries are because we all heard of these a gillion times and focus on the unique characteristics for example the different ethnicities distinctive languages and customs.
I learnt some very interesting facts this week regarding Australia deadly animals. While it's true that Australia has the most venomous snakes, the difference between Aussie snakes and the rest of the world are. Australian snakes unlike the rest can't detect heat, their fangs are tiny like the size of a finger nail clipping, the rest have fangs as big as eagle talons. But this also means that you are less likely to know that you have been bitten because it will feel like a scratch it doesn't hurt.
Fraser Island's name was changed to 'K'gali' a couple of months ago... to get rid of the colonial name and recognise local indigenous people instead :)
@@bnb3394 So is Antarctica and Africa etc.. Australia is the smallest of them as it has it's own unique bio diversity + the many other requirements that make it a continent..
Investigating Randomised Island Locations Of Australia. I might possibly not be a good idea to make videos on a subject you obviously know bugger all about. There is no island where you say Kangaroo island is. Have you learnt about thre word check in school yet?
