Kangaroo Island

stephendean

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We are off in a couple of weeks to Kangaroo Island for a much needed holiday. Any suggestions of places to visit, places to eat etc. Leaving my "L" series home but am hiring a Subby Forester for the trip
 
Oh yeah!! .. been there a couple of times lately.

Try to get down to the most southern tip of Flinders Chase - the lighthouse - and then "do the walk" down to the seal colony. Awesome seascape etc. (PS. Seals really REALLY smell fishy..! ....pooooohhh...)

The caves. Do the caves.

Flinders Chase. Watch out for little things crossing the road. Its about the only place in Australia I have seen Echidnas just wandering along totally oblivious.

If you have a Forester you can do the drive down the west coast - theres a farmer who has built a fairytale castle there somewhere - it's not on the maps. Plus the drive itself is a hoot. (specially if its been raining in a Zooby! its all dirt roads)

Get up to the most northern end too and check out the history bit and dawdle on the way back through all the little bays and tracks. This should be WAY cool in a Zooby. (I tried it in my Volvo but that was just not up to it - too low and a chance of bogging it)

All the usual stuff isn't too bad, seal bay, the honey farm with the Ligurian(?) bees, the tourist bits.

But I think the most fun you will have will be just hooting around in a Zooby. My advice is to drive [relatively] slowly everywhere because of: Bad roads [deceptively so..], roos, other little things, the views, what's the hurry?

The ironstone/limestone roads are lethal for a motorbike (I went there first time on my Beemer 2 up) as the unsealed roads (most of them!) are covered in these tiny little balls. Don't get fooled by the 4 wheel stability, they are very slippery regardless and this has nothing to do with traction. DO NOT drive fast on dirt roads!!

This would be an AWESOME place for a Zooby run as a group. *sigh


Have fun, enjoy.
 
When I get back I will write a trip report and there should be lots of pics. I will be taking my Canon EOS 400d that I got earlier in the year and I will be shotting lots of pics. Have two 4 gig CF cards and taking laptop and blank discs to burn them to.
 
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