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Kangaroo Island

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November 2nd 2008
Kangaroo Island November 2, 2008 Using multiple alarms again, we were able to get up at 5 and drive two hours south of Adelaide through lovely country to Cape Jervis (still in South Australia) and put us and the rental car on a ferry to Kangaroo Island. Because this island is isolated from the mainland it has been spared the impact of European settlers bringing in exotic plants and animals. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Kangaroo Island

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more