Adelaide and back
After our beachside stay at Glenelg, just south of Adelaide, we headed south the next morning to catch the 45 minute ferry to Kangaroo Island. We had to leave our hire car behind as the hire companies won't insure people to drive there. So we had to hire a car on the other side at an hugely inflated price. It was worth it though.
Kangaroo Island is a haven for wildlife as there are no real predators. The place is covered in Kangaroos (obviously), wallabies, echidnas, possums, the odd koala bear and tonnes of birds (the number of which was reduced by one after our visit thanks to our bumper).
We stayed the night at Flinders Chase Farm in the middle of the Kanagaroo Island bush. And having had a close meeting with a venimous tiger snake earlier in the day the night time walk was more than a little tense.
Next morning we headed to the far south east point of the island and Flinders Chase National Park. The first attraction was remarkable rocks. A bundle of huge wind beaten granite stones sitting on a granite floor with all sorts of strange shapes carved from them by the elements.
We travelled on to Admirals Arch, a natural arch over looking the roaring southern ocean beaten shores and the new zealand fur seals basking on the shore.
We had to head quickly for the ferry and after a 15okm dash we made it.
We then started our journey back to Melbourne. After a good 3 hours on the unispiring and boredom inducing roads we made it to Camp Coorong. This place was surely the worst we've encountered so far. Centipedes all over the floor, walls and even ceiling. A spider living happily in the oven and numerous other spindly inhabitants. We watched the openeing game of the Aussie Rules Football season and tiptoed to bed hoping not to be eaten by the time we woke.
We lived.
The main reason for my visit to Kangaroo Island was to see the plaque placed in memory of a friend and former workmate of mine, Dougal Smart, who drowned at Remarkable Rocks saving the life of another tourist who had ignored instructions and gone down to the waters edge only to be swept into the sea. Dougal and his tour guide were both drowned and the area now has a huge abundance of signs warning of the dangers. He was a great guy and although he died a heroes death he is greatly missed.
Kangaroo Island is a haven for wildlife as there are no real predators. The place is covered in Kangaroos (obviously), wallabies, echidnas, possums, the odd koala bear and tonnes of birds (the number of which was reduced by one after our visit thanks to our bumper).
We stayed the night at Flinders Chase Farm in the middle of the Kanagaroo Island bush. And having had a close meeting with a venimous tiger snake earlier in the day the night time walk was more than a little tense.
Next morning we headed to the far south east point of the island and Flinders Chase National Park. The first attraction was remarkable rocks. A bundle of huge wind beaten granite stones sitting on a granite floor with all sorts of strange shapes carved from them by the elements.
We travelled on to Admirals Arch, a natural arch over looking the roaring southern ocean beaten shores and the new zealand fur seals basking on the shore.
We had to head quickly for the ferry and after a 15okm dash we made it.
We then started our journey back to Melbourne. After a good 3 hours on the unispiring and boredom inducing roads we made it to Camp Coorong. This place was surely the worst we've encountered so far. Centipedes all over the floor, walls and even ceiling. A spider living happily in the oven and numerous other spindly inhabitants. We watched the openeing game of the Aussie Rules Football season and tiptoed to bed hoping not to be eaten by the time we woke.
We lived.
The main reason for my visit to Kangaroo Island was to see the plaque placed in memory of a friend and former workmate of mine, Dougal Smart, who drowned at Remarkable Rocks saving the life of another tourist who had ignored instructions and gone down to the waters edge only to be swept into the sea. Dougal and his tour guide were both drowned and the area now has a huge abundance of signs warning of the dangers. He was a great guy and although he died a heroes death he is greatly missed.
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