Picnic Island

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Picnic Island is also an alternate name for Sheep Island in the US state of Washington, and the Picnic Islands are part of the US coastal city of Miami.

Picnic Island is a small, privately owned, rocky island, with an area of about one hectare, part of the Schouten Island Group, lying close to the eastern coast of Tasmania near the Freycinet Peninsula. It is composed of sandstone overlying granite.[1]

Picnic Island was put up for sale in 2010 with an asking price of A$500,000 – A$1 million after the property developer vendor had bought it in 2005 for A$65,000.[2]

In November 2020, travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic had been a "big hit" to the island's accommodation business, which the operator said would normally be about half from the Melbourne market and a quarter each from Sydney and Brisbane. Discounts were offered to local Tasmanians to keep the business going.[3]

Fauna[]

Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin and short-tailed shearwater. The spotted skink is present.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Johanson, Simon (3 August 2010). "Your own private island for a bargain $500,000". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010.
  3. ^ Uibu, Katri (5 November 2020). "Tasmania opens borders to NSW but Victorian market would be real game changer, say businesses". ABC News. Retrieved 1 November 2021.

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Coordinates: 42°07′S 148°16′E / 42.117°S 148.267°E / -42.117; 148.267

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