On Board , Off of Kangaroo Island...

Friday February 27.  Sunny. 24 C.

A reasonably calm night and very pleasant out today. Fellette and I decided to stay aboard today because this is a Tender Port. The ship idled a few hundred yards off the Island and they just keep that distance without an anchor. Kangaroo Island has an interesting history.

10,000 years ago  it was connected to Australia, but the the Ice Age ice melted and it is now an island. Fellette and I were here some time prior to 2007 while touring Australia. We came here from Adelaide where were staying at a hotel. We took a side trip to Kangaroo island from Adelaide via a Tour that offered the Ferry ride to Kangaroo Island and accommodation on the island and a thorough tour of it three days total I believe. We were also here three years ago, almost to the day.

There has been a problem keeping the island viable as a stand alone community for many, many years. After WW l, they offered the returning veterans free sizeable plots of land to encourage the expansion of population, same after WW ll. However, there is no meaningful way to keep the island going, other than tourism. So, they do their best to make things interesting here, but in reality, what is unique about this place, in my humble opinion, is that here you can just witness, first hand, an Island dying because there is nothing here to keep it going. The odd cruise ship and some tours from Adelaide will not make it, again, this is my humble opinion!

Today, for the first time ever, I am going to post some pictures taken on Kangaroo Island, but not today, but taken February 17, 2023, when we were here last with good friends, Jim and Gail. You will then, possibly, understand why we stayed in the comfort of the ship today.

Tonight we move our clocks forward another one half hour, [thankfully]. That means we will be an even four hours behind west coast time, but that damn day ahead! [I think!]

A Good Day.

Remember, all these photos are from three years ago !

This Park was put in many years ago to create something of interest in the barren scrub environment, that tourists may find interesting. Obviously it worked.

Art In The Bush.

A Metal Owl.

Giant Metal Eggs. And Fellette's lunch!

The Park extends across a ravine.

Part of the Park and surrounds.

I remember Jim and Gail taking a long walk down that beach three years ago. It was hot then as it was today, very hot on land.

This Sky-Link Ferry runs to Kangaroo Island  from Adelaide and possibly from other places along the South Coast of Australia.

This is my new Friend Frank. I met him in the Neptune Lounge today. He was sitting in there, alone, and I asked him why he did not go ashore today. It turns out and he is 92. [I am only 90!] He has also been here before. So, our age led to a lengthy chat about all sorts of things. We did so much comparing and laughing, it was just crazy. Wow, that was great for me I tell you.