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Day 182 Kangaroo Island Flinders Chase National Park

Verëffentlecht: 21.12.2022


After exploring the first half of Kangaroo Island it is now time to get to know the other part of the island. Before leaving Kingscote we decided to join the big market day at the Kingscote Gin Distillery. Stuart thought it was a great lunch with a Gin Tasting Board and some mushroom pizza. For desert Stuart had to try the rolled gelato on offer and was happy with the Nutella selection.

Stuart enjoys Gin Tasting at Kangaroo Island Distillery
Stuart enjoys Gin Tasting at Kangaroo Island Distillery
Stuart enjoys some rolled gelato
Stuart enjoys some rolled gelato

From the Kingscote Distillery we drove at first to our next accommodation, the Kangaroo Island Caravan Park. At this campground there are still some big eucalyptus trees and surprisingly many accommodations and amenities survived the bushfires in January 2020. So with this, the campground is liked by the local Koalas, so while we were moving in, Stuart discovered a mum with a joey sitting pretty low in a re-growing eucalyptus tree, hidden by the many leaves. After saying hello to the koala and the joey, we left them again to let them sleep and rest.

Stuart very excited to see koala with joey
Stuart very excited to see koala with joey
Koala with joey
Koala with joey

We were heading off to the Flinders Chase National Park, which is just around the corner of the campground. On the way, the Bunker Hill Lookout was a nice little stop on a hill to get an overview and you can still see where the fires went through almost three years ago by the dead trees in the middle. The first stop in the Flinders Chase National Park was the Admiral Arch. From here you can see the lighthouse, a small island in front of kangaroo island and walk down to the Admiral Arch. On the way to the arch you can hear, smell and then see them: sea lions playing at the rocks, fighting in the water or just playing together in the shallow waters of the Admiral Arch.

Bunker Hill Lookout
Bunker Hill Lookout
Admiral Arch Lighthouse
Admiral Arch Lighthouse
Admiral Arch with seals
Admiral Arch with seals
seals at Admiral Arch
seals at Admiral Arch
Admiral Arch views
Admiral Arch views
Admiral Arch view on Remarkable Rocks
Admiral Arch view on Remarkable Rocks

On the way to Remarkable Rocks, we saw a sign for Weirs Cove and decided to do the detour: it is a ruin with a lookout on a beach with blue water and white sand. To our surprise there was a shoal where seals were hunting, so moving the fish in the water and then splitting the shoal in three separate groups. At one point there was a shark swimming in, so the seals went back on the rocks and the split shoal regrouped. Although the water with the seal, shark and fish were far away it was easy to watch everything due to the light blue water. This was a pretty unexpected sight on the detour.

Weirs Cove
Weirs Cove
Fish at Weirs Cove
Fish at Weirs Cove
Fish  separated by hunting seals at Weirs Cove
Fish separated by hunting seals at Weirs Cove
Fish reunited at Weirs Cove
Fish reunited at Weirs Cove

Last stop of the day in the Flinders Chase National Park were the Remarkable Rocks. Stuart has seen photos of these rocks, so he wanted to visit them. Luckily there were some from the wind more protected areas, so that Stuart was able to join us.

Remarkable Rocks
Remarkable Rocks
Stuart at Remarkable Rocks
Stuart at Remarkable Rocks
Remarkable Rocks
Remarkable Rocks

After visiting all these sights, it was beach time! We chose the beach at Cape Bouguer, which was pretty empty and nice for relaxing a while. It is not suitable for swimming, but with the water being icy, nobody was tempted to go for a swim anyway.

Beach at Cape Bouguer
Beach at Cape Bouguer
Beach at Cape Bouguer
Beach at Cape Bouguer

On the drive from the beach back to the campground, we stopped, as we thought there was a dead snake on the street. Well, as I walked closer the snake moved suddenly before disappearing into the bush. Well, not the preferred wildlife to see, but at least there was nobody hurt by this interaction.

snake on the way back to Flinders Chase
snake on the way back to Flinders Chase

Back at the campground, Stuart insisted to say hello to the Koala mum with the joey. Well the Koala mum had changed her position and was moving on to another tree, but by walking around looking for her we found many other koalas in the different trees. There was one koala boy sitting quite low in one tree, so he had a closer look at Stuart while eating the eucalyptus leaves. Stuart was so happy to see so many koalas, some with smaller, some with bigger joeys, hanging around in the trees, sleeping, eating some eucalyptus. In total there were about 20 koalas that evening around, so there is hope that there will be many koalas back at Kangaroo Island.

Koala at Flinders Chase campground
Koala at Flinders Chase campground
Koala at Flinders Chase campground
Koala at Flinders Chase campground
Koala at Flinders Chase campground
Koala at Flinders Chase campground
Koala at Flinders Chase campground
Koala at Flinders Chase campground
Koala at Flinders Chase campground
Koala at Flinders Chase campground
Koala at Flinders Chase campground
Koala at Flinders Chase campground

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