Furneaux Islands

The Furneaux Islands are visible reminders of the land bridge that once connected Tasmania to mainland Australia until the end of the last Ice Age about 12,000 years ago. Flinders is the largest and best known of the group.

Badger Island has geoconservation significance due to its limestone pavement and granite intrusions, which are considered representative and outstanding for Tasmania. The island is 1,242 hectares (about 3,000 acres) and is extensively grazed by cattle, sheep, Bennetts wallabies and pademelons. Buildings include a homestead, shed, windmill and extensive jetty.

Made up of Babel Island, Cat Island and Storehouse Island.

Babel Island is a significant seabird breeding island containing the largest short-tailed shearwater colony in the world, a major little penguin colony, a large crested tern colony and a large population of silver gulls. There is also an extensive list of reptiles and birds native to the island.

Made up of East Kangaroo Island, Big Green Island, Little Chalky Island, Chalky Island, Mile Island and Isabella Island.

Chalky Island is an important seabird island in terms of numbers and species diversity. Fairy terns are extremely vulnerable to disturbance and are listed as rare under the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act 1995. Breeding seabirds include the little penguin, white-faced storm petrel, Pacific and silver gull, sooty and pied oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant, Caspian tern and fairy tern.