Kangaroo Island

I’ve made two trips to Kangaroo Island. I went with Sandy for a couple of days in March and a week with Dave and Sue in May.  It is unpopulated and quiet – a fantastic vacation spot and probably the type of quiet we should all live in.

We were very fortunate to be able to stay at our friends Jan and Norm’s house Beaudin Beach. The population of Beaudin Beach is 50, so Sandy and I made it 52 and Dave, Sue and I made it 53.

This is the view from the house.

There is so much to see on Kangaroo Island. There are the Remarkable Rocks, New Zealand fur seal colonies, Australian Sea Lion colonies, wallabies, kangaroos, koalas, birds of all types, amazing beaches, sand dunes, etc, etc. The photos are a few of the hundreds we took on the two trips. I thought I’d better stop posting or you would never get through them all. 

Australian Fur Seals

The New Zealand Fur Seals on Kangaroo Island like Admirals Arch.

The way they can swim in the roaring water is amazing. You'd think they would smash themselves on the rocks.

Nursing her baby in the rocks.

Hiding in the rocks from predators. Its also warm in the rocks in the winter. 

The little penguins only get to be about 15 inches tall and weigh and weigh about one kilogram. 

This koala lives in an animal farm on the island.

The big lump of a koala, as the Aussies I showed the photo to called it, lives in the wild on Kangaroo Island.  This was taken during the day when they are asleep and don't move much. You would wonder why the branch doesn't break with the weight. This was definitely the biggest koala I saw and none of the photos I have seen show koalas this big.

These tress at Duck Lagoon are where two Koalas live - in the wild

These wallabys live near where I took the photo of the "lump of a koala". As you can see they were really not too worried about Sandy and I walking among them.

The spoonbilled ibis photos were taken at Duck Lagoon. 

As you can see Sue has made many friends in Australia.

This young kangaroo lives at the Eucalyptus farm. It was orphaned as a baby and they raised it. It has the freedom to leave whenever it wants and some nights it doesn't come back. One of these days it will just stay in the wild. 

These kanagroos are on the animal farm on the island

The kite boarding/skiing looks like a hard way to pass the time. 

It is obvious why these are called The Remarkable Rocks.

The Sandy Creek walk was amazing. You walk along in low bush, then in sand dunes, then all of a sudden it opens out to this amazing ocean view.

This was taken to show the size of the anthill – on Dave’s left. Some are even higher than this one.  When I first saw them I wondered why the farmers had mounds of dirt on the edges of their fields. Later, I realized what they are.

More of the beauty of Kangaroo Island.