Bouncing around Kangaroo Island

Exploring Kangaroo Island has been an absolute blast. Our first day we spent exploring the eastern coastline, going to the Eucalyptus factory and a honey farm. The honey ice cream was an absolute highlight. The next day we went to the main town of Kingscote and treated ourselves to a cafe breakfast. I ordered a breaky burger that came out bigger than my head!!

The big breaky

We jumped in the water at the Kingscote jetty for a snorkel and while it was nice, it was sad to see barely any life as a result of the algal bloom.

We kept charging along the coast and ended up at our next destination, Stokes Bay. Often voted as one of the best beaches in Aus, we could see why. To get to the beach, you need to meander through a sea cave. While very tame in truth, it feels quite adventurous and mystical. Upon making it through the sea cave, you are greeted by a beautiful natural pool style rock pool along with rugged surf. The water was crystal clear in the rock pool and it made for an incredible swimming spot. We were up at dawn the next morning for a fish, but only caught a few small things. Swimming in the rock pool with dolphins jumping in the background certainly is one of the best ways to start a day.

We kept hopping along the coast, jumping in again at Western River beach for a snorkel (in the ocean) where Rein speared a King George Whiting!

Our next stop after that the was the National Parks on the West End. The national parks were stunning and in Flinders Chase we did a hike called the Platypus Walk. It was pouring with rain but that didn’t deter us, we had one of the big Aussie icons to spot. The walk took you around to 10 or so pools where platypus often reside. We found it interesting that the platypus weren’t native to Kangaroo Island, but rather introduced in the 1920s as a conservation measure.

After a long time of standing silently in the rain watching pools, Rein was rewarded with a glimpse of a platypus but alas, I didn’t get to spot it before it darted away.

The next day we did a hike called Snake Lagoon. We didn’t see any snakes but we did see five monitors on the track, each one giving us quite the fright as we spotted them, they sure do blend in.

We then made our way to the Remarkable Rocks, some cool eroded granite boulders, and a sea cave that was full of seals.

Our last night we camped in Murray Lagoon and we awoke to some pretty dreary weather again, dampening our plans to hit some of the beaches for the final day, so we opted to take an earlier ferry back to the mainland instead.

Next stop is the Limestone Coast!

Flys swallowed

Rein = 4

Tanya = 0

Jetties walked

12

Big things captured

6

Artisanal goods purchased

5

Summits reached

1

Pooped on (by birds)

Tanya - 2

Rein - 0