[00:01.79]In August, after months at sea,
[00:05.01]elephant seals arrive.
[00:12.19]They depend on this island for breeding.
[00:20.98]Macquarie will soon be heaving with 60,000 elephant seals,
[00:25.32]but they won't have the beaches to themselves.
[00:34.15]One month later,another wave of migrants appear in the surf.
[00:43.58]These are royal penguins,
[00:46.37]and they're about to have their first sighting of land in seven months.
[00:52.42]They've spent that time hunting for fish and shrimp in the open ocean.
[01:11.25]One last hurdle and they're back on terra firma.
[01:18.06]This island is actually the only
[01:20.27]solid ground these penguins will ever set foot on.
[01:29.41]Macquarie's nearest neighbour is more than 400 miles away,
[01:33.63]and in the opposite direction from their favourite feeding grounds.