Our 2025 Trip to Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Navigating these pages: In the following itinerary, there
are several columns describing the day. Text within [brackets] in
the heading line explains the purpose of the link to the
corresponding item.
- Day(Cruise)
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shows the ordinal number of the day of travel, and in
parentheses, the day of the cruise. Note that I number the
starting day with 0-origin indexing, whereas travel
companies use 1-origin indexing. I do this a) because I am a
computer scientist, and b) the "first" day is usually not part of
the trip.
- Date [Photos]
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Clicking on a link in this column will take you to the
corresponding photo album page for the day.
- Time
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All times are local times, with offset from UTC (if known) in
parentheses. Where a range is given, it shows the hours of
travel for the day. This can give anomalous timings when
travel across time zones is involved. Where a change of time
zone is involved, offsets from UTC are given in parentheses.
A single UTC offset indicates the local time for the day, and
if multiple UTC offsets are given, these indicate the UTC
zones travelled. Calendar dates are always local to the
starting time zone, trip days are elapsed night times.
- Activity [Blog]
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What we did that day. This is usually a link to a later part
of the page, describing in more detail what we did that day.
Sometimes this is two parts: What they said, and What we did.
This is to record what was planned, versus what actually
happened.
- Locations [Track]
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Where we were that day. Where this is a link, it will take you
to the track for the day. These are separate html pages. Not
all days were tracked, and these days will have no link to
open. Sometimes the voyages and walks are shown separately;
others are combined.
- Accomodation
- Just to show we didn't sleep on the streets.
- Notes
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Bookings, Maps and various Travel Documents. For privacy
reasons, these documents are not loaded to the public
server.
- Steps
- as recorded by my FitBit for the day.
Within the diary entries, the date heading is a link to the photo
page (as for the itinerary). The day of the week/ordinal number
is a link back to the itinerary, and the day's title is a link to
the track (as for the itinerary).
These pages are under construction, and may have anomalous
entries. Note that the pages will change over time as I edit in
travel progress. Note also that when the document refers to
'John', the author is assumed, unless stated otherwise. Entries
in red still require attention. Where an entry is preceded by a
© symbol, it means that the entry has not been fully
completed.
Items listed under Documents are not publically available.
Access to private documents is restricted.
Itinerary
Trip Blog
Getting There
Those spending the night, October 25, at Majestic Minima, 146
Melbourne Street, North Adelaide will meet out the front
October 26 at 7.00am, packed and ready to depart at 7.30am on
our Coach to Jervis Bay. At Jervis Bay our luggage goes into
the Coach Tour hold and we board the Ferry.
Those making their own way will meet us at Jervis Bay at 9.15
for the 10.00 Ferry. Load luggage into the Coach Tour hold and
join the group. The trip over is about 45 minutes. At this
time, or once we are on the KI Coach, I will hand out name
tags and we can introduce ourselves a bit. You will need to
hand me your Medical Emergency envelopes.
Driving
What they said
Arrive at Penneshaw and board Hamish’s coach (10.00am) for our
first stop at the KI Sculpture Trail where we will meander the
1.5 km trail.
Lunch at the Penneshaw Hotel followed by Prospect Hill Climb
and walk on to Pennington Bay Beach for one of the best
panoramas of the Island. We then drive to American River,
possibly through Muston for the Cannery Walk. Riverwren
Garden for a tour and afternoon tea, via the Wharf precinct.
Arrive at accommodation 5.30pm
What we did
What they said
After enjoying our first breakfast we depart at 8.30 for
Flinders Chase National Park, travelling through the natural
rugged beauty of the park to spectacular Remarkable Rocks. We
continue our drive to Cape du Couedic Lighthouse built in 1906
and the natural land bridge that is Admirals Arch where we may
see Longnose Fur Seals.
Picnic lunch provided by our Motel, enjoyed at the Rocky River BBQ shelter.
We then proceed to the Flinders Chase National Park for the
Platypus Waterholes Walk. Afterwards, heading for Kingscote
via the Flinders Chase Visitors Centre on our return to our
Motel.
What we did
28 Oct 2025,
Tuesday (Day 3),
Cygnet River; Vivonne Bay; Seal Bay Conservation Park
What they said
8.30 departure to Cygnet River and a visit to the Lily Rose
Garden then on to the KI Wool Mill for a tour and a shop. We
then experience an amazing, interactive, educational, and
highly entertaining display of In-Flight Birds of Prey at
Raptor Domain. After the amazing show we head to Vivonne Bay
with Lunch at the Vivonne Bay Lodge. After lunch we head to
Point Ellen for a photo stop before continuing to famous Seal
Bay Conservation Park where we join our guide for a walk
through a wild seal colony that is home to around 600 rare
Australian sea lions. Heading back to the Motel we check out
the Kingscote Silo art and Reeves point historic drive.
What we did
What they said
8.45 pick-up and we head to the Parndarna Community
Garden. Then we’re off to see Snelling Beach via Turkey Lane,
Johncock Road and Constitution Hill Lookout
We continue along the North Coast Road to discover the rugged
beauty of Stokes Bay. Here we visit ‘secret beach’ which is
protected from the pounding surf by a natural giant pool
surrounded by rocks and then enjoy our delicious lunch at the
Rock Pool Café.
We then enjoy a guided walk and talk at Stokes Bay Bush Garden
followed by the Cockatoo Cottage Garden.
What we did
30 Oct 2025,
Thursday (Day 5),
Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park; Beyeria Conservation Park
What they said
8.45 pick-up and head to Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park,
Murrays Lagoon, Timber Creek Walk, and Bald Hill Walk to view
the vegetation and scenery.
Today’s lunch is at the Emu Ridge Eucalyptus Distillery with a
tour. You also might like to try their Honey Mead or Drunken
Drone Beer.
Next stop is Beyeria Conservation Park for a meander and
return to the motel for our last dinner on the Island.
What we did
What they said
8.45 After breakfast, we checkout today from our Hotel and
depart American River with a scenic drive to Kingscote, and a
little free time in the shops and galleries. And a visit to KI
Artworks Gallery.
A delicious platter lunch and wine tasting awaits us at False
Cape Wines Cellar Door.
Return to Penneshaw ferry terminal for the 3.30 Ferry (TBC)
Those spending the night will board the Coach for Adelaide and
head back to the Minima Hotel.
What we did
