[2] The island itself is reasonably small in size, about 1.5 km (0.93 mi) in length with a total area of 240 hectares (593 acres).

[3] The island was being used by settlers to graze sheep and collect wood since before 1896 with goods being transported to Esperance for sale.

[4] Sheep continued to be grazed on the island until 1954 when the Recherche Archipelago was declared a Nature Reserve.

[5] Facilities on the island include an interpretive centre, a cafe, a swimming platform with a slide and a snorkelling trail.

Flowers such as the Sticky Tailflower Anthocercis viscosa subsp caudata, Astartea fascicularis, Centaurium spicatum and Billardiera fusiformis are found amongst outcrops of granite.