This is on Macquarie Island, in the Southern Ocean, and the heavy duty fence surrounds the area housing the meteorological instruments. When the landscape is filled with rather dim witted Elephant Seals weighing up to 3 tonnes, everything needs protection!

It also is necessary to protect buildings from a brutal climate of near constant strong wind, rain, and heavy salt spray. That is why, since my term there, the buildings have been re-clad in dull grey but weather-resistant treated pine to reduce maintenance. The fence is made from the same timber.

Happy Fence Friday!