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Kangaroo Island is located 120km south west of
Adelaide, just 16km off the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula. With 480
km of coastline, the Island is the third largest off the Australian
mainland.
It can be reached by a 30-minute flight from Adelaide or a 45-minute
vehicle and passenger ferry that departs daily from Cape Jervis, a
90-minute drive south of Adelaide.
Officially discovered by English explorer Matthew Flinders in 1802,
and visited shortly after by French explorer Nicolas Baudin, the
Island was first settled by deserters from English and American
whaling ships prior to its official European settlement in 1836.
The island's isolation and limited development has ensured an
abundance of wildlife, seldom found elsewhere, and living in a
protected natural environment.
Pure air and clean water makes Kangaroo Island one of the last
unspoiled wonders of the world - and a unique wilderness holiday
destination.
Here you can:
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Take an expert guided nature tour
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Meet some of the locals - dolphins, sea lions, penguins, wallabies,
goannas, koalas, and of course kangaroos.
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Go scuba diving among walls of coral - you might even come face to
face with the elusive leafy sea dragon
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Dine on seafood, cheeses, rock lobsters, free range poultry, pure
Ligurian bee honey, wine, olives and olive oil
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Dangle a line from a jetty or charter a boat for some serious deep
sea fishing
Flinders
Chase National Park
The largest of the Island's parks,
Flinders Chase offers close
encounters with kangaroos, koalas,
echidnas, and even the chance to
spot a platypus at play.
Remarkable
Rocks and Admirals Arch
Spectacular rock sculptures
fashioned by sea and wind.
Seal
Bay
Visitors can walk near one of
Australia's largest sealion
colonies.
Penneshaw
and Kingscote
Here you can watch the nightly
parade of little penguins returning
to their burrows after a hard day at
sea.
Lighthouses
Cape Willoughby, Cape Borda and Cape
du Couedic lights are set on
spectacular points and offer
accommodation in former lighthouse
keeper cottages.
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