Kangaroo Island, a holiday within a holiday! 5 ....by emus

Kangaroo Island, a holiday within a holiday!

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March 14th 2011
Kangaroo Island was such a treat, but not what I expected at all! I had imagined a small island teaming with wildlife and not much else, perhaps a bit rustic etc, with a campsite or two and some basic accommodation. In fact, Kangaroo Island (or KI as the locals refer to it) is 155km in length, and there are farms (wheat, sheep, cattle, honey), fishing towns, forests, towering sand dunes, cliffs, w ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Horsham

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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