26. Kangaroo Island

Saturday, 17 NOV 2012

Entry onto Kangaroo Island is at Penneshaw by anchoring in the harbor and taking the lifeboats into the pier. There are many attractions on the island, mostly natural. It is evidently the last refuge in the world for honeybees that are completely free of the mites and associated disease agents that are blighting the global bee population. It also has the last Australian family-run eucalyptus oil operation run by traditional (rather than large-scale factory) methods - sort of like a West Virginia or Kentucky hills moonshine still, except that it's legal.

We took an excursion to Seal Bay wildlife preserve. Seal Bay is a misnomer - they are actually sea lions in this particular area, although there are some New Zealand fur seals also on KI.

And here is the most interesting creature on the beach:

 

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