Kangaroo Island

We accessed Kangaroo Island by catamaran via The Backstairs Passage. This strait is known for the high winds and rough waters. So Irene again donned her trusty motion bracelets and all went well.  Sailing from the mainland just an hour south of Adelaide the wind/waves threw us around for 45 minutes without mercy.

 The expense of taking a long vehicle is a bit high. The cost was $342 return for the van and $88 each return for us. This is not including the camp site at $35/day.

As this is their summer, things are very dry and we saw very little greenery except for vineyards. Spring time is said to be prime time to visit and there are always more animals sightings then.

Having said that, we were not at all disappointed. We only visited one of their Nat'l Parks but it was fantastic. The majority of roads are not sealed so we did not break the rules again by driving the camper van on them. The island is 155 km long and approx 40 km wide

The Sealink Catamaran

Dave backing into the ferry catamaran

Flinders Chase Nat'l Park and the Amazing Rocks from a distance

Many different awesome rock formations. No one seems to know the origin.

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Dave found himself an easy chair!

And a leaning post! (or rock in this case)

Now what does this look like?

The orange/red colors are magnificent at sunset but we were on the other side of the island by that time

Cape du Couedic light house

These New Zealand fur seals were everywhere on the rocks

If you look carefully you will see the side entrance to Admirals Arch

Admirals Arch

Seal suckling her calf

Found this to be of interest (clink on it to enlarge for reading)

This was the storage building. Here all the food and hardware items were kept for the light house keepers

And the stairs where they winched or walked up from the supply boats

And our photo moment of the day, an echidnea (anteater) crossing the road at dusk. It and the platypus are the only two animals in the monotreme family. They lay elongated soft eggs and suckle their young.

But although we walked to the platypus watering hole in the Park, we did not see this elusive creature. Tasmania maybe