Get lost with Russ and Margy: Kangaroo Island

The crossing to Kangaroo Island (KI) was very rough – we couldn’t even stand up in the ferry although it was a large one. Our first night was at Kingscote and we quickly moved on to somewhere that we hoped would be closer to our expectations of KI. This ended up being Snake Lagoon in the Flinders Chase NP. We loved watching the KI macropods nibbling in the afternoon sun. The KI Kangaroos which are related to the eastern grey kangaroos, have thick tails and limbs, large front paws and small feet and the Tammar Wallabies are small with striped faces.

The walk from the campsite to the ocean revealed just how rough and wild the southern ocean is, as it crashes in on the beach.

The sign says "Caution - Freak Waves" and Russ couldn't resist.

A Rose Robin

Sad to see how much plastic was on this remote Antarctic facing beach.

The weather wasn’t great but we headed off for Admiral’s Arch which is in the south of the Flinders Chase NP.

A Pacific Gull

The Arch that resulted from the erosion of the limestone headland

Islands off the Arch's headland

Winding walkway down to the headland

Cape Couedic Lighthouse

Pacific Gull

And Remarkable Rocks where wind and rain and salt have eroded amazing shapes in the rocks.

This is the iconic rock that is in all the advertising for Kangaroo Island.

There are signs all over KI and coastal SA urging everyone to "help a hoodie", and we were thrilled to see a couple of the endangered Hooded Plovers at West Bay, in the NP.

We would have loved to stay at West Bay because it was remote and peaceful but the weather just didn't make it that appealing.

Later on the same day, we trawled around the many 'Platypus Pools' near the NP Visitor Info Centre in the feint hope of spotting one. Most of the pools were dry but the last one contained one Platypus. We were thrilled to get about 6 sightings of the same platypus.