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Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island is filled with animals. The most of it is national park and animals come fist here. Some parts you can only visit with a ranger and some you can't visit at all.
We flew to the island on Wednesday afternoon in a scary little plane (the ferry was just as expencive and just as scary). After the 20 minute flight we met our "beetle", the nice white little car we would use to explore the island the next 3 days. The first evening we went on a walk with a ranger to see the little penguins. After a video we took off with a group of 30 spotters, one ranger and one torch with penguinfriendly red light. Still we could see a lot (6) penguins hiding between the rocks. Look at the picture below to see how beautiful they are.
First thing next morning was a tour into Seal Bay. A ranger took us to the beach to walk between the seals. It was like Discovery Channel -absolutely amazing. The sealions did not pay us any attention and continued in there daily routine (fight with each other, sleeping, feeding the baby, showing off).
We had lunch in Rocky River surrounded by begging crows and kangaroos but to our disappointment there were signs "Keep wildlife wild, Please do not feed the animals". But what to do when a piece of bread falls on the ground he Hana?
In the afternoon we played round the Remarkable Rocks which were .... remarkable. We spend another hour watching the seals around "Admirals Arch". Do you want to do this too?
Try to find 11 seals lying under "Admirals Arch". Click on the picture if you need help (but don't cheat, try it first)
In the evening we pitched the tent on the Rocky River campground which was not so easy as usual because the tentpole broke. Bart used all his scout knowledge to repair it using Hana's shoelace and a peg so we could still sleep in the tent.
On our eveningwalk we came across a green meadow covered by a beautiful sunset sky. On the meadow were goose (with funnycoloured beaks) and lots of kangaroos. Two youg Kangaroos were boxing with there hind legs while we hid in the bushes not to disturb them.
Next day we bushwalked to the "Valley of the Cassowaries". We didn't see any cassowaries but met lots of lizards instead.
Round Rocky River we saw many koala's sleeping in the trees but during diner one climbed down and walked cross the campground to find a better tree. After diner we went to spot Platypus in the Black Swamp. "If you're patient you can see Platypus here" it says on the notice. We were patient for 15 minutes but noticed only 2 kangaroos hopping past us.
In the morning we took the car to go from the tent to the toilet (it was bloody far - 200 mtr). On our last day on KI we went to see the churches in Parndana and a romantic picknickspot called Duck Lagoon where we (Hana) spot the last koala.
We flew back in a plane even smaller then the way up (no bigger then an bus. We could see the pilots sitting and the plane hopped and bumped the whole way. But we survived and live our lives with hearts filled of joyful memories to this astonishing place the Lord created for us to enjoy and share with all our fellow men. Amen.
Big paw,
Hana & Bart
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