Kangaroo Island
Cape Borda
We heard the wind howling during the night at Cape Jervis and were a little worried about the crossing to Kangaroo Island, however the trip over was not too bad at all. On the north coast is Stoke Bush Garden and it a most pleasant couple hours was spent there. Our stop for the night was at a cottage at Cape Borda lighthouse station where we had the place to ourselves.
Ravine des Casoars
The western end of Kangaroo Island had been ravaged by fire in 2007 and prolific regrowth was everywhere, including our Ravine des Casoars walk.
Flinders Chase
Another historic cottage was used for the next three nights,; in this case the diminutive Postmans Cottage in Flinders Chase NP. A morning walk was made to Rocky River followed by an afternoon to the lower part of the river where it entered the Southern Ocean. This was quite a photogenic walk with the river having many rock features and flowers.
The popular features of Admirals Arch, with lots of seals, and Remarkable Rocks were visited late in the afternoon.
Hanson Bay
Our longest walk on Kangaroo Island was in the Kelly Hill Reserve through nice bushland to Grassland Lakes and onto Hanson Bay.
Murray Lagoon
To start with this walk on the way to catch the ferry at Penneshaw looked like it might be quite uninteresting, because of the farm like start, but flowers and close views to the birds (mostly swan) on the lagoon lifted it somewhat.
Mallee Country
Gluepot and Hattah Kulkyne
The hills of the Fleurieu Peninsula included a stop at Hanhdorf before they suddenly ended with a view of flat plains. A stop for a couple of nights in the mallee at the bird reserve at Gluepot and then over the mallee country at Hattah Kulkyne in Victoria for a night there. From there it was the long drive to Canberra.
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