Memories of Kangaroo Island

KI is a magical place. My pictures, while certainly not bad, cannot do the scenery justice. In no particular order here are a few of my favorite memories. I've embedded the link to my Picasa web album in this post's title.

• Blue-gray skies, blue-green ocean, green pastures, white sheep
• Fresh oysters straight from the dock at American River
• Watching a “classic” Australian movie: The Adventures of Priscilla in the Desert with our couchsurfing host, Dave
• Chickens are called “chooks”
• No security or luggage screening at Kingscote Airport
• Playing Wii wakeboarding & bowling with Dave
• Driving the unsealed (unpaved) North Coast Rd
• Petting koalas & feeding kangaroos at Parndana Wildlife Park http://www.parndanawildlifepark.com/
• Driving around Penneshaw one rainy night looking for penguins & wallabies (we saw plenty of both)
• Holding and petting barking & barn owls at the Raptor Center http://kangarooislandbirdsofprey.com.au/
• Torrential downpours followed by sunshine
• Ligurian honey ice cream, an only-on-KI specialty
• Bright yellow canola fields stretching to the horizon
• Eucalyptus tree “tunnels”
• The pounding surf and fur seals at Cape du Couedic
• The truly Remarkable Rocks
• A made-to-order chicken sandwich with “the lot” (pickled beets & cucumbers, sweet pickles, mayo, pepper, onion, cheese, etc.) & chicken-flavored chips eaten in the back of our Toyota RAV4 at Cape Borda
• The index finger “wave” from passing locals
• There isn’t a single stoplight on the island. In fact, there are no stop signs either. There are only a couple of sealed (paved) two-lane roads that cross the island east/west. Everything else is dirt!

This is the link to Greg's photos of KI, including Adelaide.