We were the only ones booked for today and we had 2 guides with us as one was undergoing training. The trainee drove the first section to the Eleanor River and to the coast but when we came to the dunes the main guide drove as it was very much faster…
Quite a few koalas around this stop. The bee and honey industry is very important for Kangaroo Island as its the only pure strain of Ligurian bees in the world. They were imported many years ago from Italy and we will be visiting honey places later on this holiday. Being an island and too far from the mainland for other bees to arrive it has kept the strain pure. We mention that here as the last 2 photos is a natural hive of these bees.
From the river stop we went to the coast - it’s on private property so the only people who ever see this section of KI are those who do the 2 hour buggy tour.
Then went to the headland in the 2nd photo…
The last photo is of Dog Rock - can you see the dog???
Then back to the dunes for some quicker driving and some VERY steep drop offs and hurtling up and around dunes.
After driving up the dune in photo 3 we were asked whether we would like to do it again - Faye from the back seat yells “Yes” - this from someone who was a little reluctant to do this tour…
It was a really fun 2 hours -wasn’t cheap to do but we loved it and saw parts of KI that not many people see.
After that went to Vivonne Bay for lunch at the General Store - the only place in the western section of KI where you can get hot food. A lovely lunch - the had a quick look at the bay and then back to the van.
By this time it was getting very overcast so this afternoon we both had a sleep as it is raining just a little. Had good rain during last night but when doing stuff it has been sunny.
Tomorrow we go to Western KI caravan park which is near Flinders Chase National Park. So far we have not seen any burnt out areas from the fires in 2020 but will tomorrow.
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