KANGAROO ISLAND
Kangaroo Island is nearly the seventh
state of Australia. The island feels as if it operates on a different
time zone to South Australia. That how the locals like it also.
Communications on Kangaroo Island do take a step back. TV, Internet
and Post are all slower. Not unexpectedly one would say and one of the
reasons to visit this special island. That said the Remarkable Rock
formations and the Admiral Arch are significant enticements.    
Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and
Melville Island. Kangaroo Island was separated from mainland Australia
by a rise in sea level over 9,000 years ago.
In
1802 British explorer Matthew Flinders, Commanding HMS Investigator,
named the land "Kangaroo (sic) Island" after landing near
Kangaroo Head on the north coast of Dudley Peninsula. He was closely
followed by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin, who mapped much of the
island (which is why so many areas have French names). Although the
French and the British were at war at the time, the men met
peacefully.
The most cost effective way to visit
the island, for the Bustout traveler, is to park up in Adelaide, hire
a very small rental, car drive the relatively short distance to Cape
Jervis, do the 10 am over and 2.30 pm return ferry trip and stay two
nights in a cabin at the Kingscote Caravan Park. The Ferry charges on
length of vehicle and the charges are steep.
Here are some other photos of museums  ,
hotels,
war memorials ,
churches   
and scenes    to give
justification to visit.
Heritage diary    
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