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The vehicle ferry carried a wide assortment of vehicles—
- an articulated tipper,
- a tractor
- a motorbike, and
- Highland Drover.
The island has a very large population of Burhinus grallarius the Bush Stone Curlew an unusual large bird with an eerie cry, somewhat like a person screaming. Instead of flying away when threatened, they freeze and hope they're invisible! The birds on Macleay are very acclimatised to humans and Skye was usually surrounded by 3 or 4 of them.
The passenger ferries are eco-jet catamarans which complete the journey to the mainland in 18 minutes and it's also possible to "island hop" to nearly Russell, Lamb or Karragarra Islands.