Bonnet Island

Photo of the lighthouse on Bonnet Island, Hells Gate, Tasmania

Bonnet Island is a low island with an area of 2.21 ha. It lies at the entrance to Macquarie Harbour in Western Tasmania Australia, in the vicinity of Hells Gates.[1]

Bonnet Island has a lighthouse, which was built before the Cape Sorell Lighthouse.[2]

Since November 2009, it has been opened up to tourists.[3]

As one of the Macquarie Harbour islands, and in the area of the entrance to the harbour, it has been surveyed and documented regularly [4]

Fauna

About 250 pairs of little penguin breed on the island. Other species present include the metallic skink and short-tailed shearwaters.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X
  2. ↑ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/15004/20060511-0000/www.lighthouse.net.au/Lights/TAS/Hells%20Gate/Hells%20Gate.html
  3. 1 2 "New life for historic island". ABC News. 2009-11-12.
  4. ↑ Pemberton, Michael; Hawkins, Clare; Hamish Saunders Memorial Trust (New Zealand); Tasmania. Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (2011), The islands of Macquarie Harbour : Hamish Saunders Memorial Island Survey Program 2009, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, ISBN 978-0-7246-6567-9

Coordinates: 42°13′S 145°13′E / 42.217°S 145.217°E / -42.217; 145.217

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