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On May 5th, Emily, Steve & I woke up before dawn to make our way to the train stop to head into Adelaide. Why this early you may ask? Well KI, that's why! We met our group in front of the train station and after a few more pick-up stops within the city, we headed down to Cape Jervis to catch the ferry over to Kangaroo Island. First, we made our way up Prospect Hill for a look out over the island. From here, we made our way to Little Sahara to try out our sand boarding skills. Turns out we were more in for sand sledding, as most boards were meant for only sitting. Steve tried out one standing up, but the board wasn't exactly in the best condition, and could only get it to move down the hill about a meter. Still, the experience was pretty neat and it was cool to see this great beach without any sight of nearby water!
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| Steve & Emily at the beginning of our trip |
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| lookout from Prospect Hill |
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| Emily, Steve and I at Little Sahara |
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| Emily and I with our sand board! |
After a quick lunch of sandwiches, it was off to see the Remarkable Rocks! We had a bit of time here to walk around the rocks and take in the sea. The rocks have been weathered over time and naturally sculpted into these cool formations. You just have to be careful to not get too close to the edge or you might slip and fall the 75 meters down to sea!
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| Emily & the Remarkables |
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| Remarkables |
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| Steve heading back for the bus, from the Remarkables |
Although we would have liked to stay longer, it was time to head to Admirals Arch to watch the sunset. In the photo below you can see how there are two island out in the sea. These used to be attached to the main island, but slowly over a long period of time, where the waves would hit the point, an arch was slowly created, which eventually collapsed and created a new island. In the future Admirals Arch will do the same and become a third smaller island.
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| on our way to Admirals Arch |
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| Steve & Emily at sunset |
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| Admirals Arch at Sunset, where we also saw some baby seals playing! |
After sunset, we made our way back to camp, but first to stop and see some little blue penguins. This was a quick stop, as we were all tired and cold, but still managed to see a small family under some rocks up off the water. On our drive back, we observed many kangaroos and wallabies sharing the road. If you drive on Kangaroo Island, it is best to do so during the day, as it can be quite dangerous at night with all of the noctural wildlife. Same goes for most of Australia actually. Our camp for the night was at the old sheering shed, where we had bunks inside the old sheep sheering corridors at a working farm. It was dinner and marshmallows around the campfire with the rest of the group before calling it a night.
On the morning of the 6th, it was off to Seal Bay, for a guided tour down to the sea lions resting on the beach. We had to stick together as a group because then the sea lions surprisingly won't feel threatened. Did you know they can out run you on a beach if they feel threatened enough to attack? They are actually really fast on the sand and I know I wouldn't one to come after me! The sea lions will fish out at sea for about 3 days straight, before coming into shore where they find a comfortable place to rest for 3 days, before going out for more food.
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| Seal Bay! |
Next stop of the day was the Birds of Prey show. Unfortunatley this stop is being cut out of the tours itinary soon, but I am glad that we still got to get to it! It was probably my favorite stop of the day. The birds were very interactive with the audience and we had a good laugh with these interesting birds. My favorite was Casper, who was in a hollow of a tree nearby, so that when we all yelled "CASPER" he popped his head out from his hole and came over to greet us.
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| Casper, the barn owl at the Birds of Prey show |
After the show, we had lunch (sausages and kangaroo) and then headed to Stokes Bay to spend the rest of the afternoon lounging at the beach.
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| Emily at Stokes Bay |
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| Fisherman at Stokes Bay |
I guess you could say our tour pretty well ended here. On our way over to the Koala Sanctury, we had a little bit of bus trouble. While driving, we started to fish tail, and then to my surprise I saw one of the tires flying past me. Steve was going "I think we have a flat tire" and I'm going "nooooo, noooo tire!!" haha. Luckily we were all safe, and with no brakes we came to a stop from the corner of the bus dragging into the road. After this we waited around for another bus to pick us up and take us back to have dinner before catching the ferry back. It was then a long drive back to Adelaide, and after missing the train at 10, we waited for another hour before finally getting back. It was a long day, but we had a great trip and made some awesome memories!
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| Now the real fun begins! |
