Acacia Kingscote

... We located them, and suddenly a pod of dolphins started to ride the waves, like surfers. No time to get the camera out, just watch in amazement . the sea is so clear, everything submersed is clear to see. I took a pic of the surfers, and to the left were the salmon and dolphins. Starting to feel the heat by now, as the temp is to reach 39 today! We head back to Kingscote, where we were turned away for lunch. It is now 12.05 pm ...

... name) and tells you that Rob just called about your tour. All the “competing” touring companies and their staff know each other and are friends. You can stop any tour guide and ask if you are supposed to wait here in front of the hotel for your tour. The guide will first tell you that you are not booked on his tour, but on the tour of a competing company. Then he tells you they’ll be around in about five minutes, probably. Then he calls his competitor and says ...

... through a drip for 2 days and 2 nights and when it got slightly better I was allowed to 'go home' and I'm now on oral tablets for the next 10 days. Luckily during the day time I was allowed to go out of the hospital and explore the island, so in the end we didn't even have to change our plans that much. Kangaroo Island is beautiful. We drove around in our hire car, saw many different landscapes, salt lakes, pinguins, kangaroos, wallabies, koala's, pelicans ...

... Hill, where we climbed up for a great view over the coast line and then continued to our hotel in Penneshaw where we enjoyed sun and sea-view from our balcony before having dinner at the hotel restaurant. Since we had an early start, we went to bed rather early, however, suddenly, a hard knock at our room door woke us up again - we found a bottle of red wine in front of it from the waiter - he had put it into the fridge since Tanja complained that it was too warm... !

... short smut novel out of the bargain bin. For 50C it is pretty steamy, but a good read. Next stop was up to Emu Bay where we found a nice beach. It was too windy and cold to swim, so we just drove along and then headed for Emu Ridge Eucalyptus Distillery. A small operation, this place transformed from a sheep ranch ten years ago to use a special type of Eucalyptus leaf to crush and transform to Eucalyptus oil, along with Emu oil and other ...

... in fact a Koala, then running alongside the road at incredible speed given their usual lazy routine. Sneaky Koalas! Western KI camping ground is a good spot to stay, not compomising wilderness for comfort of a hot shower. Some really tucked away campsites are closed due to the 2007 bushfires, too bad for the Platypus walk... Cool evening then spent playing card with our swiss wicked "happy tree" friends.

... through town, as they are known to do each night. But we did spot a small one hiding in the bushes. Cute! We had joined a tour for the day, where we were to visit the highlights of the island, from 10am to 7pm. Long day! The tour turned out to be a coach and it was full of daytrippers, but we sat at the very front of the coach (we were the first to get on) and soon forgot the rest of the people at the back. The coachdriver was an American from Colorado who had been on a ...

... old fig tree - it is amazing. The mud flats are where the river meets the ocean - it is really beautiful there and the water is much warmer in the river. Willow, a local dog, adopted Tallulah and they ran around together on the beach and at the river for a long, long time. Lu thinks that Willow is her dog now! Mom and I went for a walk before dinner to look for kangaroos and watch the sunset then Dad and I played Monopoly after dinner. Dad beat me, but it was still a great day!

... retreat though. Next, we walked through the trees in search of echidnas and opossums. We did not find an echidna, despite the fact one had been seen in the area just before the tour. We did, however, see several bush-tailed opossums. These opossums are much cuter than the species we have in North America. After the tour was done, our guide took us out in a field and we did some star watching. The sky is so clear here and free of light pollution that you can ...

... in the mouth of a longneck beer bottle on a table on its side which hangs over a bucket of water so the mouse falls in, my first job was to water some of the plants with the water and get rid of last nights drowned mouse. The biggest job was to shovel chicken poo and broken-down straw into a wheelbarrow and then mound it around her apple trees with fresh straw which took me most of the morning. My back and shoulders are sore now and I am guessing that I will be ...