This morning we set out along the Great Ocean Road, but planning to head to the Otway Fly. We have driven along the Great Ocean Road several times in the past, but we have never managed to get around to visiting the Otway Fly since it opened. Just before we reached the Great Ocean Road we saw a wedge-tailed eagle enjoying some road kill for breakfast with two more wedgies sitting on fence posts watching ... or perhaps waiting for their turn? Wow, three wild wedge-tailed eagles in one place! We pulled to the side of the road, but of course the camera was in the back of the car again, not ready to take photos as the eagles flew off into the nearby pine trees. We scrambled around to get the camera out and started ... read more

As we departed Robe this morning we drove up to Beacon Hill Lookout. With the weather overcast this morning we regretted not having driven up to the lookout yesterday afternoon. C’est la vie! We snapped shots anyway over Lake Fellmongery towards Guichen Bay. In a similar vein to yesterday we decided to take the unsealed roads on the ocean side of Lake Eliza and call in at Nora Creina. We reached the end of the road somewhat before the end of the road because the settlement of Nora Creina is a gated community. We parked at the gate and took the walkway to the beach which was looking a bit grey and uninviting this morning. We were getting a bit sick of the dirt road driving so decided to head back out to the Southern Ports ... read more

This morning it was time to say goodbye to Kangaroo Island and take the ferry back across the Backstairs Passage to the mainland. We arrived in Penneshaw a little early so there was time to photograph a cheeky superb fairy-wren in the park before driving to the ferry terminal to queue up. We departed Penneshaw about seven minutes late at 10.37am, but the crossing itself was otherwise smooth and uneventful and saw us disembarking at about 11.20am. With a confirmed booking for the 1.00pm ‘Spirit of the Coorong Cruise’ out of Goolwa we had no time to spare in driving between Cape Jervis and Goolwa. Fortunately there were no holdups along the way and we arrived 20 minutes before the cruise was due to depart. At least we arrived at the wharf before the boat did! ... read more

This morning we headed back to the Dudley Peninsula at the eastern end of KI to visit the Cape Willoughby Lighthouse. Yes, another lighthouse! This lighthouse also has a tour available so we timed our arrival to coincide with the 11.30am tour. Although this is not a REAL lighthouse (according to Mick) it is taller than the Cape Borda Lighthouse and more traditional in stature, being tall and circular rather than short and square. Ranger, Megan, explained that lighthouses were built having regard to the local terrain and materials. Her lighthouse is tall and round and built from granite because Cape Willoughby is a granite outcrop that is not as elevated at Cape Borda therefore granite is the building material that is available and it has to be tall so that the light projects far enough ... read more

This morning we headed off to the south coast of the island with our main aim being to see the Australian Sea-lion colony at Seal Bay. We took the guided beach tour with parks ranger, Lauren. Almost as soon as we moved away from the visitor centre we saw a Tamar Wallaby and before going much further we were seeing sea-lions in the sand dunes. Lauren told us that sea-lions move up from the beach overnight into the sand dunes to stay warm because they have hair like us rather than fur, so they are not as well insulated from the cold as fur seals. The other main differences between fur seals and sea-lions is that sea-lions have external ears and they have bone in their front flippers. Having bone in their front flippers makes them ... read more