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KANGAROO ISLAND HIGHLIGHTS

Discover a wonderland of native wildlife, empty beaches and national parks on .

WILDLIFE HISTORY

Feed pelicans and see giant cuttlefish, Stay in a restored lighthouse keeper’s seahorses and little penguins at Kingscote cottage at isolated on Wharf. Meet wallabies, brush-tailed . Or read the diaries of possums and kangaroos on a nocturnal disgruntled lighthouse keepers in the tour along American River. Cuddle koalas lighthouses at and Cape du and hand-feed lorikeets, hold a possum Couedic in Flinders Chase National Park. or get wrapped by a snake at Stokes Dive the wrecks of the Portland Maru and Bay. Bushwalk past the ducks, swans the Loch Vennachar, which sailed into and waders of Murray Lagoon in Cape the west coast cliffs in 1905, losing all Gantheaume Conservation Park. Observe 27 crew. Visit Frenchman’s Rock, the spot Australian sea lions at Seal Bay and over in Hog Bay where French explorer Captain the bushland, sandhills and lagoons of 7,000 New Zealand fur seals playfully Nicolas Baudin anchored in 1803. Climb Antechamber Bay/Chapman River, and interacting in and around Admirals Arch the same 512 steps explorer Captain canoe and camp along the way. Under in Flinders Chase National Park, also home climbed to survey the the water you’ll find some of ’s to hundreds of docile kangaroos. You’ll island at Prospect Hill. See the original best temperate-water diving. Watch spot koalas pretty much everywhere, but mulberry tree, well, jetty, post office and elusive leafy sea-dragons, blue devils, and some of their most popular hangouts quarry sites of ’s first harlequin flit between towering coral are in the trees of Hanson Bay Sanctuary official European settlement at Reeves walls and red, orange and white sponges and Western KI Caravan Park. Point. Learn about the soldiers who created homes and farms out of 100,000 hectares ADVENTURES ON LAND FOOD AND WINE of thick virgin scrub at Parndana Soldier Settlement Museum. Remains of stone Discover quiet country lanes, picturesque Visit the cellar door of the island’s first tools and Aboriginal campsites show that towns and national parks on a cycling tour and largest winery at Cape Willoughby, Aboriginal people lived on Kangaroo Island from Penneshaw. Take an all-terrain vehicle shuck oysters in Penneshaw and visit at least as early as 16,000 years ago, but across acres of bushland trails or surf down local farms making sheep’s milk cheese why they abandoned the island, or when the sand dunes in Vivonne Bay. Go caving and mouth-watering Ligurian honey in they last lived here, remains a mystery. in the magical underground caves at Kelly MacGillivray and Kinsgcote. Kangaroo Hill Conservation Park, squeezing through Island is also dotted with cosy cafes and SWIM, SURF, SNORKEL & DIVE the sinkholes and caverns. You can also elegant restaurants. Dine on take in the natural attractions of Australia’s oysters overlooking the ocean and sample Fish from the historic jetty at Emu Bay or third largest island on the many scenic other premium seafood in season in join a fishing tour from American River, drives. Spot dolphins, see the hidden beach Penneshaw. Enjoy a five-star feast amongst Penneshaw, Kingscote and Emu Bay. of Stokes Bay and meet rare farm animals the wilderness on the South Coast and a Swim in the rock-enclosed pool of Stokes and friendly wildlife on the Rolling North sunset seafood and marron platter next Bay and off picnic-perfect Penneshaw Coast Drive. See the Remarkable Rocks at to the rockpool in Parndana. Fill your Beach. Surf the uncrowded breaks at sunset in Flinders Chase National Park on beach house with gourmet produce, pack Stokes, Vivonne and Pennington Bays. Sail a tour of the south west corner. Follow the a picnic for a day of touring and take past the sandy beaches and sheltered Dudley Peninsula drive to the lighthouse of home a case of your favourite wines. coves of Nepean Bay. Bushwalk, dive Cape Willoughby and visit honey makers shipwrecks and see shore-wading birds and lobster, lavender and dairy farms on and pelicans in D’estrees Bay. You can trek a journey through the Kingscote District.