MARINE BIRD AREAS: Tasmania
Written as an Appendix for RESEARCH PAPER: Lyme Disease / Borreliosis: An Overview of Lyme and Direction for further Research required in Australia
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Tasmania Coastline: 3,200kms
Left: Map of Tasmania The information below generally follows the order as listed on the location map by AuseMade: Tasmania Right: Map of Australia to compare the size of the State / coastline. The 1994 study by Russel et al., to deny the presence of Lyme in Australia, collected and examined ticks from the NSW Coastline: A 2,000km section of Australia’s 35,000+ km coastline (one region/state of Australia and one environmental location) To read more on this see: Lyme Disease: A Counter-Argument to the Australian Government's Denial |
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Information for : Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory is still in note form and yet to be completed.
Basic Notes to date:
Tasmania has more than 300 large and small islands both remote and accessible. There are nineteen {19} National Parks, Twelve {12} Game Reserves and Seventy {70} Nature Reserves: National Parks and Wildlife Services Tasmania (1-3)
(1) http://www.discovertasmania.com/activities__and__attractions/wilderness_areas/national_parks_and_reserves
(2) http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=5726
(3) http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?id=5722
Complete List of Tasmanian Birds. Native Plants and Animals, Department Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment: http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/SJON-54B6NT?open
Tasmania Islands: A good list of Islands/Groups and their locations: ttp://www.discovertasmania.com/about_tasmania/our_islands
Islands of Tasmania : Ausemade http://www.ausemade.com.au/tas/resource/map/tasmania-islands.htm
A few of the marine bird sites around and on Tasmania :
North West Coast: http://www.discovertasmania.com/north_west_coast
North West Islands: http://www.discovertasmania.com/about_tasmania/our_islands/north-west_islands
Including: Robbins Island, Hunter Island, Perkins Bay, Stanley.
http://www.tasmaniatopten.com/lists/tasmanian_islands.php
http://www.world-geographics.com/oceania/australia/tasmania-154/2153426-perkins-bay.html
http://www.discovertasmania.com/itineraries/great_nature_trail
East Coast: http://www.discovertasmania.com/east_coast http://www.tchange.com.au/regions/east.html
Cape Portland and Swan Island:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Portland,_Tasmania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Island_(Tasmania)
Maria Island: Seabirds Include; penguins, albatrosses, shearwaters, cormorants, terns, gulls http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=4640
http://www.discovertasmania.com/activities__and__attractions/wilderness_areas/national_parks_and_reserves/maria_island_national_park
Hobart and Surrounds: http://www.discovertasmania.com/hobart_and_surrounds
Bruny Island : around 1km from the Mainland (20min ferry ride)
Seabirds such as: albatrosses, penguins, cormorants, petrels, shearwaters
http://www.inalabruny.com.au/docs/Bruny_Birdlist.doc
http://www.brunycruises.com.au/bruny/wildlife.aspx http://www.bruny.com.au/bruny-island-info.htm
http://www.discovertasmania.com/hobart_and_surrounds/towns_and_places/bruny_island
Managing Threatening Processes: Bruny Island: http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter,nsf/Attachments/LJEM-5UA89F/$FILE/last%20part%20of%20Bruny%20Island%20Plan.pdf
Tasman National Park (Near Port Arthur): Tasman Island is part of the Tasman National Park. The island is about 500 metres from the southernmost point of the Tasman Peninsula off Cape Pillarand is an important seabird breeding site. The colony of fairy prions is the largest in Tasmania and possibly Australia, consisting of between 300,000 to 700,000 breeding pairs. Up to 28 species of land and seabirds have been recorded on the island. Tasmania Parksand Wildlife Services: http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=17689
http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?id=3868
http://www.about-australia.com/travel-guides/tasmania/tasman-peninsula/attractions/natural/tasman-national-park/
South East: Actaeon Islands - Shearwaters (Muttonbirds)
http://tasmanian.net.au/south-east-huon-and-channel/kingborough/actaeon-island-group
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actaeon_Island
West Coast: Farm Cove - MacquarieHarbour (waterbirds)
http://www.world-geographics.com/oceania/australia/tasmania-154/2166854-farm-cove.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macquarie_Harbour
Basic Notes to date:
Tasmania has more than 300 large and small islands both remote and accessible. There are nineteen {19} National Parks, Twelve {12} Game Reserves and Seventy {70} Nature Reserves: National Parks and Wildlife Services Tasmania (1-3)
(1) http://www.discovertasmania.com/activities__and__attractions/wilderness_areas/national_parks_and_reserves
(2) http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=5726
(3) http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?id=5722
Complete List of Tasmanian Birds. Native Plants and Animals, Department Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment: http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/SJON-54B6NT?open
Tasmania Islands: A good list of Islands/Groups and their locations: ttp://www.discovertasmania.com/about_tasmania/our_islands
Islands of Tasmania : Ausemade http://www.ausemade.com.au/tas/resource/map/tasmania-islands.htm
A few of the marine bird sites around and on Tasmania :
North West Coast: http://www.discovertasmania.com/north_west_coast
North West Islands: http://www.discovertasmania.com/about_tasmania/our_islands/north-west_islands
Including: Robbins Island, Hunter Island, Perkins Bay, Stanley.
http://www.tasmaniatopten.com/lists/tasmanian_islands.php
http://www.world-geographics.com/oceania/australia/tasmania-154/2153426-perkins-bay.html
http://www.discovertasmania.com/itineraries/great_nature_trail
East Coast: http://www.discovertasmania.com/east_coast http://www.tchange.com.au/regions/east.html
Cape Portland and Swan Island:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Portland,_Tasmania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Island_(Tasmania)
Maria Island: Seabirds Include; penguins, albatrosses, shearwaters, cormorants, terns, gulls http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=4640
http://www.discovertasmania.com/activities__and__attractions/wilderness_areas/national_parks_and_reserves/maria_island_national_park
Hobart and Surrounds: http://www.discovertasmania.com/hobart_and_surrounds
Bruny Island : around 1km from the Mainland (20min ferry ride)
Seabirds such as: albatrosses, penguins, cormorants, petrels, shearwaters
http://www.inalabruny.com.au/docs/Bruny_Birdlist.doc
http://www.brunycruises.com.au/bruny/wildlife.aspx http://www.bruny.com.au/bruny-island-info.htm
http://www.discovertasmania.com/hobart_and_surrounds/towns_and_places/bruny_island
Managing Threatening Processes: Bruny Island: http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter,nsf/Attachments/LJEM-5UA89F/$FILE/last%20part%20of%20Bruny%20Island%20Plan.pdf
Tasman National Park (Near Port Arthur): Tasman Island is part of the Tasman National Park. The island is about 500 metres from the southernmost point of the Tasman Peninsula off Cape Pillarand is an important seabird breeding site. The colony of fairy prions is the largest in Tasmania and possibly Australia, consisting of between 300,000 to 700,000 breeding pairs. Up to 28 species of land and seabirds have been recorded on the island. Tasmania Parksand Wildlife Services: http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=17689
http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?id=3868
http://www.about-australia.com/travel-guides/tasmania/tasman-peninsula/attractions/natural/tasman-national-park/
South East: Actaeon Islands - Shearwaters (Muttonbirds)
http://tasmanian.net.au/south-east-huon-and-channel/kingborough/actaeon-island-group
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actaeon_Island
West Coast: Farm Cove - MacquarieHarbour (waterbirds)
http://www.world-geographics.com/oceania/australia/tasmania-154/2166854-farm-cove.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macquarie_Harbour
