In April/May 2019, I enjoyed a 4000 kilometre month long road trip to South Australia, travelling to Eyre, Yorke and Fleurieu Peninsulas and diving with various buddies along the way. My final South Australia destination was Kangeroo Island. One hundred and forty-five kilometres wide, west to east, it is Australia’s third-largest island and lies off the mainland of South Australia, one hundred and twelve kilometres southwest of Adelaide. Having just been diving in Victor Harbor, I collected my wife Mary from Adelaide Airport and we drove to Kangeroo Island, catching a car ferry from the mainland.
We found that there was certainly plenty to do and see. Highlights of our holiday there included Remarkable Rocks, Admiral's Arch and the Seal Bay Conservation Park where a ranger led us on a guided walk among basking Australian sea lions. Naturally though I could not resist a dive on the island. The biggest town on Kangaroo Island is Kingscote, it having been South Australia's first colonial settlement. Leafy Sea dragons can sometimes be found under its 160 metre long jetty as well as colourful sponges and various sea life including Butterfish, Zebra fish, juvenile Southern Rock Lobsters and Crabs. Can sometimes be. I didn’t find much sea life let alone Leafy Sea dragons but then having been spoilt with seeing so many Australian Sea lions on the island, I could hardly complain.