Day 37 – October 7 2012

Well, daylight saving tricked us & we lost an hour this morning – we had a BIG SLEEP IN & it was more than one hour to compensate for the one hour  the clock was turned forward. We did the washing & moved our Karavan to a new site in the campground.  Tomorrow a bus load of college students are due to arrive & we were right in the middle of where they are going to be (we heard from James not too many years ago what these students can get up to).  A bonus with the new site, we have our very own resident koala in the tree next to us.  After completing setting up again & hanging the washing out (all very boring & mundane but has to be done even when we are on holidays) we headed out.

On our drive to the centre of Kangaroo Island we came across 2 echidnas & stopped both times as they trundled across the road.  Our lunch destination was again the Andermel Marron Café where again we had some deliciously cooked marron with salad.  If you ever visit Kangaroo Island this café is a must for lunch.  After lunch we went next door to the wine cellar & tasted some of the “Two Wheeler Creek” wines & liquors while chatting to the hostess about the marron farming process.  A very pleasant time.

After a filling lunch it was time to walk it down so we he headed back to the South Coast Road & Vivonne Bay where we enjoyed a very leisurely walk on the sand.  This beach is considered by some to be one of the best beaches in Australia (this statement is debatable although it is a very beautiful beach).  We were intrigued by the fossils in the limestone exposed on the beach, there was a distinct band in the limestone that was absolutely packed with fossil shells & now & again a crustacean.  The storm last week certainly left its mark, the sand dunes are really washed away, the waves must have been enormous.  The cloud formations looked good, the ones on the southern horizon looked just like giant icebergs floating up from Antarctica, the cold wind certainly felt like it.

Back to camp before it got too late, again having to brake for kangaroos, a wedge tail eagle (feasting on a road kill) & another echidna.  At camp we set off on the Lagoon Walk & got back to the Karavan just as the sun was setting.  This caravan park is so big, lovely & peaceful (most likely until tomorrow when the school kids will get here) teeming with so many wild animals & birds.  We had another great day.