Tasmanian couple takes on new adventure as caretakers of the Low Isles

ABC NEWS (Australia)

An idyllic tropical island on the Great Barrier Reef has a new team of caretakers.  A couple from Tasmania is settling into life on the Low Isles, off the coast of Port Douglas.

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00:00Arriving in the low isles is like stepping into a David Attenborough documentary, a bird

00:08lover's paradise, a cacophony of sounds wherever you go.

00:14And for this lucky couple it's also home for at least the next year.

00:19It was smaller than I thought, but honestly I think if I had a step counter I'd be doing

00:24more steps on this island walking around raking, checking than I would at home.

00:28We weren't really expecting to be successful, but much to our surprise we were.

00:33The Camerons have already lived on several remote Tasmanian islands.

00:37You have to be reasonably resourceful because there's no big hardware store just down the

00:44road.

00:45But the former caretakers have left big shoes to fill.

00:48It's a very, very significant spot internationally because of the research that's been done on

00:54the reef out there.

00:55It's a phenomenal island in terms of just how much variety in seasonal life there is,

01:03both marine life as well as the bird life.

01:06It's round the clock work in an often harsh environment, but the Camerons are raring to

01:11go.

01:12I'm a person who believes if this is still for too long you get old.

01:15I'm just not ready to get old yet.

01:17Cheers.

01:18A labour of love in tropical bliss.

01:20Cheers.

01:21Cheers.

01:22Cheers.

01:23Here we go.

01:25You're going to go.

01:26We're going to go.

01:28Let's go.

01:28No, no.

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