During our trip to South Australia a couple of years ago, we spent the first part of our trip on Kangaroo Island.  We actually made quite a trip out of that holiday, spending a night in Adelaide, four days on Kangaroo Island, a few nights (including Christmas) in the Barossa Valley, the we drove from the Barossa all the way to Melbourne for New Year’s Eve with a couple of stops in the middle.

So first off, there really is only one way to get to Kangaroo Island, and that’s via ferry boat service from Cape Jervis.  We just happened to have the luck to go down on a night when the seas were a bit choppy, and therefore the ferry wasn’t running. It’s rare that I ever do this, but basically found the closest pub and rented a couple of rooms.  No big deal, and we were out the next morning.

Once we got to Kangaroo Island, we had a few day activities planned, but one of the major highlights was to head to the south-west end of the island and visit Flinders Chase National Park. The park takes up nearly the last quarter or so of the island, and we went as far as you can go.  The other main attractions in the area are the Remarkable Rocks and a couple of lighthouses at Cape Du Couedic.  The shot below tracks the land as it goes out to sea in the Great Southern Ocean and basically just falls into the sea.

Canon 7D | Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 | 17mm | f/22.0 | 1/45th | ISO100