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Published: January 17th 2007
Introduction
The Hikers went to Kangaroo Island for a family holiday and treated themselves to a repeat visit of the Fish Cannery walk at American River. Joining us on this walk were three of Dan's cousins (Jessie, Katherine and Joseph), Dan's grandmother (my Mum, Elly) and Dan's Uncle Michael. You may remember we also went on this walk last year -
American River at KI - Fish cannery walk.
You can find out more about American River
from this web site and from the
Postcards web site.
If you are family or friends of the Hikers, you may be also interested to see these other slide shows of our American River holiday looking at
How to get there
The well-marked walk starts at the end of Scenic drive, American River, and heads towards Ballast Head. The Route map in the top left hand corner of this entry will show you where American river is in relation to Kangaroo Island and the Mainland (Cape Jarvis - where the ferry docks). Zoom out to see the roads from Adelaide.
What happened
It was a lovely afternoon for a walk and after all the delicious Christmas indulgence we
Diprotodon spotting on Scenic drive
A wooden sculpture of a Diprotodon skeleton can be spied in the front yard of a house on Scenic drivereally did need the exercise. It was Joseph's first bush walk with us (age 2 1/2). Although he had already revealed his potential - the evening before when we had been out wallaby spotting and he had tackled some steep hills with some gusto. To motivate Joseph to keep on going we encouraged him to find and touch each of the blue markers that line the path. These smaller do-able targets are ideal for younger/newer walkers to help push them on. Other assistance was provided by Michael and Katherine, but young Jo did about 75%!o(MISSING)f the 3 km walk on his own legs - and most of the time he was running!
The bush was very dry and open with very little growing in the drought-affected sandy soils. The walk provides spectacular views across the bay. You can see the Oyster farm in the bay which was where our Christmas Eve treats were grown. Although we missed out this time, in the heat of the day it is common to see the
large monitor lizards or goanna sunning themselves in the sandy flats near the ruins of the Fish Cannery. If you continue past the Cannery and rock-hop, you may also come
across
fairy penguins.
Dan says...
Hello readers!
I was impressed to see that my cousin's walking skills were so good (especially Joseph). Anyway, this walk was lovely and I was top sport all the way. Okay, I admit it, I was a bit mopey (look at the photos). Oh well.
On the whole it was great to spend time with my cousins over Christmas and I wish I could have stayed longer and really improved my cricket and fishing skills.
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