[fatima]

Thanks for the ping bd476.This is a beautiful Island.

[bd476]

Thanks Fatima. It is completely uninhabited, in fact you have to obtain a permit from New Zealand to land there. The last humans to settle there were whalers around 1700-1800 and before that there were some Maori settlers around 1300.

The researchers from New Zealand's Department of Conservation have had an ongoing campaign to rid the island of feral cats and rats since 2002.

I would love to visit, when the volcano isn't active, that is. :-)




Two kM to the west of fishing rock is the
'village' including the Hostel where the staff live.
Bob Sutton Kermadec Islands