Australia's third largest island is 150 kilometres from Adelaide, so we had a lot of bus travel ahead of us. We had to arrive at the Central Bus Station very early at 6.15 am, as there are no buses that early on a Sunday, so we had to take a taxi. Once all the sheep had been collected, we set off. The route to the pier where the ferry to Kangaroo Island departs was varied, hilly, sometimes along the coast. The ferry departed on time at 09.00. On the way to the pier we kept seeing whole herds of kangaroos, but no more on the island.
As always, everything was perfectly organised, the bus that drove us around the island was ready and we set off for our first stop at the sea lions at Seal Bay Conservation Park. We were accompanied by a ranger and were able to walk within a few metres of the animals on the beach.
Now we head to the very south of the island to the Remarkable Rocks, the granite shimmers in a variety of colours, wind and weather have shaped the stone strikingly. Not far away, the Admirals Arch cave has been carved out by the water. Afterwards, we stop for refreshments at the restaurant in the middle of nowhere.
Remarkable Rocks
Admirals Arch
At Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park, the kangaroos and koalas are waiting for us, the enclosures are open, the animals are used to people and can be stroked in exchange for food, if you add another 15 AD you can hug the koala, which fortunately none of the group did. So the animals could chew on their eucalyptus leaves in comfort.
The return journey was of course just as long as the outward journey in the morning, and we arrived in Adelaide shortly before midnight, tired and with many new impressions.
