Quail Island is the third largest island in Western Port (after Phillip Island and French Island). It is uninhabited, the entirety of it being gazetted as Quail Island Nature Conservation Reserve. It is offshore from Warneet and can be accessed by boat. There are two seasonal dams located in the centre. The southern brown bandicoot has been found on the island.
- Quail Island (Victoria) is at coordinates 38°13′59″S 145°16′59″E / 38.233°S 145.283°E / -38.233; 145.283Coordinates: 38°13′59″S 145°16′59″E / 38.233°S 145.283°E / -38.233; 145.283
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Famous quotes containing the words quail and/or island:
“A little on the side—very little.”
—A. Edward Sullivan, U.S. screenwriter. Professor Quail (W.C. Fields)
“The shifting islands! who would not be willing that his house should be undermined by such a foe! The inhabitant of an island can tell what currents formed the land which he cultivates; and his earth is still being created or destroyed. There before his door, perchance, still empties the stream which brought down the material of his farm ages before, and is still bringing it down or washing it away,—the graceful, gentle robber!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)