Ride the mule

Hold on to your hat, you’re riding a mule—four-wheel-drive all-terrain vehicles that can navigate the narrow, bush-cloaked goat tracks that are Raoul’s autobahns.

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At nearly 2900 hectares, it’s a large island, and every day DOC rangers criss-cross the rock for surveying, monitoring, weeding, and tending to the island’s infrastructure. There are seven on the island, rotating on 6- or 12-month tours of duty.

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