Blogs from Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 8

Hier ein kleiner Bericht von unserem 1.Trip. Nach unserem Autokauf und kleineren Startschwierigkeiten gings es Anfang der Woche endlich raus aus Adelaide in Richtung Kangaroo Island. Waehrend der Faehrueberfahrt von Wirrina nach Kingscote erlebten wir unsere erste Ueberraschung..der bis jetzt eindrucksvollste Moment fuer mich persoenlich…Delphine!!! Auf der Insel angekommen, waren wir positiv ueberrascht von den leeren, endlosen Strassen. So konnte man sich leicht an den Linksverkehr mit der riesigen Tempomaschine gewoehnen… Die erste Nacht verbrachten wir off road (die ausgeschriebenen Campingplaetze waren nicht zu finden und es wurde dunkel..) an der sogenannten Flour Cask Bay..der wohl schoensten Bucht (Geheimtipp!) auf Kangaroo Island. Am 2. Tag nahmen wir touri-like die bekanntesten Sehenswuerdigkeiten mit ( Flinders Chase Nationalpark, Remarkable Rocks und Admirals Arch). ... read more

Superb Fairy Wren, New Zealand Fur Seal, Grey Goose... read more

What a fantastic day on Kangaroo Island just a short flight from Adelaide We were picked up at Kingscote, the main town on the island, by our guide Jon, a native of the island. What an interesting and informative guy he is turning out to be. There were just five of us in our group including Jon so we had a great opportunity to see a lot in our 4 x 4 as we travelled over the Island, which is about 100 miles long and 35 miles across (Seven times larger than Singapore Island!) It was not long before we saw our first koala and Kangaroo Island, Kangaroo in the wild as we headed north to Stokes Bay discovering a beautiful unspoilt beach and a stop for coffee and see a pelican drop by! Next heading ... read more

Once we felt comfortable that we had slipped the authorities in Mount Gambier, we could enjoy the country side. It was raining off and on again and it was not long until we could check off our daily rainbow. Then we got stopped by a ferry river crossing that was not shown on the maps, but that gave me time to snap my daily windmill shot. Before long the scenery really changed to flat, and I mean reall y flat. Stopped for a bite to eat in a really quaint little town and shot one of the many stone churches...they are gorgeous. The country side then turned to what for a lack of anything else...a golf course that went on forever...it was beautiful. Shot a picture of Kangaroo Island before sunset, and one as we left ... read more

I have seen a variety of wild-life throughout my trip, but nowhere it was as concentrated as on Kangaroo island. Penguins, seals of different kinds, platypus, koalas, wallabies and kangaroos, of course, to name a few of the animals we saw. I believe I've already commented about the way wild animals seems unusual to me, and it was even stronger now. Walking near the farm we were staying at and noticing a big lump on the tree that turned out to be a Koala seemed even more strange and special. But I really understood that when we got to the "pelican circus". In Kingscote, the bigger town on the island, there's a guy who feeds the pelicans there every evening. I don't know how did it start, but clearly it's more for the tourist than ... read more