The Sun has gone down and the tourists are back at their resorts, leaving Lee and Don Cameron all alone on their new island home.

Except, they're not really alone — thousands of migratory birds are keeping them company, and don't the Camerons know it.

The Tasmanian couple have begun a stint as the resident caretakers of the Low Isles, off the coast of Port Douglas in Far North Queensland.

Their predecessors, Colin and Renata Musson, left them with some sound advice: take earplugs to get to sleep.

Lee so far loves the birds of Low Island and their "little personalities".

"The little terns do a quick-step on the aluminium stairs, so you hear this tapping and battering," she says.

"The pied imperial pigeons, they coo, and it's just like white noise — it's beautiful to go to sleep to.

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