17 December 2005
Mutton Bird Island
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Half way between Sydney and Brisbane sits the city of Coffs Harbour. Home to 60 thousand people and, for 8 months of the year, around 20 thousand Shearwaters.
The birds spend August to April on Mutton Bird Island, a rookery attached to the mainland by a break wall.
The island is a nature reserve, and the birds with their cycles of breeding and migration, are a significant presence for the city, and for the local aboriginal people.
Guests
Mark Flanders
Gumbaynggirr man, Sites and Cultural Heritage Officer with the Coffs Harbour and District Aboriginal Lands Council
Andrew Turbill and Brian Hawkins
National Parks Officers, Coffs Harbour
