Next thing we did was head to Kangaroo Island by putting our Jeep and camper on the ferry. Not cheap mind you as it cost us $402 return for us two, the car and trailer return. But there is no point going over without it, seeing as it gives us shelter, food and transport around the fairly big Island which is over 120 kms long. We stayed only in National Parks and used mainly the dirt back roads which there are plenty of as the Island only really has two main tar roads! You can't go to KI, as the it is know by the locals, without seeing its' most famous beach which is Seal Bay. There you get to walk with a Ranger among the Sea Lions as they sleep and play on the beach.

Some very cute Sea Lions at Seal Bay on Kangaroo Island.

We also decided to do some adventure caving at the Kelly Hill caves which is a lot of fun. Be prepared to get dirty as some spots you need to crawl through on your stomach. It was too much for one couple! They do ask you to do the show cave first unless you can prove you are experienced which we had no trouble doing as we have done a fair bit of wild cave and old mine exploring in our time. Have even abseiled down an underground waterfall in New Zealand!

Doing some adventure caving at Kelly Hill Caves

Probably the most photographed spot on KI. is Remarkable Rocks. We headed there after the caving but it had started to rain quite hard even though on the mainland it was still very hot ( 100*F ) and clear at the time. So we made camp at the NP. near by and hoped it would clear before the sun went down but had no luck. Next morning it was still very cloudy and drizzling when we got up just after dawn hoping to take our shots. Decided to go down and have a look anyway as it was not far away. To our surprise as we were walking down to the rocks it suddenly cleared and we had the place to ourselves and got these great shots you see here. They really do look great with the red lichen and are big too as you can see by the size comparison to my wife.

My wife in front of the aptly named Remarkable Rocks at dawn.

Admirals Arch is just a little further on and you can get to see the Australian and New Zealand fur seals laying about and playing as well. We then headed back past camp only to find it still in clouds with little going on as they were none the wiser to the great weather only a few kms away. From there we went along the top of the Island visiting all the bays used more by locals than tourists and there are some really great spots. The great surprise we got was when driving along Emu Beach, I was looking out to sea and saw a big pod of dolphins cruising slowly along so we sped up ahead of them and quickly changed into our snorkelling gear. We then swam out to see if they would come up to us and they did. It was really great swimming with them for nearly 1/2hr with even a mother and her calf. There were 15 in total and they just cruised away when they had had enough of us.

Admirals Arch full of Fur Seals and driving at Emu Bay Kangaroo Island.

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