Kangaroo Island
Salamander
Sun 6 Feb 2011 23:01
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On Kangaroo Island, if you drive at night or early
morning kangaroos and wallabys bound across the road. You end up with your foot
constantly hovering over the brake.
The island has the Southern Ocean bashing and
smashing its south coast, which has caused the most incredible rock formations
along with pristine sandy beaches. However, it's been very cold and, reminiscent
of an English summer, we ate our picnic in the car. Not surprisingly the beaches
are empty as it's cold, rough and the sea here is full of Great
Whites!
   We have just done a 18km walk and had an echidna
feeding next to us. We couldn't really get a good shot as he was snuffling in
the sand. The goannas get really, really close. We were sitting eating lunch and
heard this thudding of feet. Two goannas were running down the path and came
within inches of us, much to their, and our, astonishment.
  In NZ, the only good possum is a dead possum and
they've slaughtered millions of the pests. Here they are native and tolerated,
even in the restaurant of a wildlife lodge.
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