To conclude our trip
to Kangaroo Island we had to drive back to the east side to catch the ferry, so
of course we stopped in a few places along the way. The first stop was Hanson Bay, which was just
a brief "get out of the car and look at the pretty coast" stop. Also there is a very expensive luxury resort
around that area and we were trying to see if we could see it!
From there Ryan took
over the driving to Kingscote, the largest town on KI. Turns out the reason I'm so bad at navigating
is because I get really carsick when reading a map (or anything) in a car, so
despite Ryan's good driving I had to take over again after half an hour. Needless to say there was nothing to do in
Kingscote, but we had to stop so I could recuperate before continuing on to
American River.
The guidebook said
that there was an endangered colony of black cockatoos in American River
"usually found between the post office and general store" so we
stopped to see if we could find them.
Turns out the post office and general store were pretty far apart and we
weren't able to track them down. We
couldn't hear any birds, so we assumed they were somewhere else that day. But it wasn't a complete loss, since we saw
an adorable echidna up close! We had
seen one on the side of the road before, but didn't get any pictures.
And that concludes
our trip to Kangaroo Island. Shortly
thereafter we arrived in Penneshaw for our ferry ride home. I was dreading the ride since the waves were
really big that day, but somehow I made it through.
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| View of Penneshaw, then mainland Australia in the distance. |
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