Monday, August 13, 2007

Kangaroo Island - Flying over for a couple of days

Kangaroo island just South of Adelaide is Australia's third largest island at 155km by 55km, much bigger than Jersey although there are only a couple of thousand inhabitants. The island took about 2.5hours to drive from one side to the other and we saw very little other traffic, driving for about an hour before seeing another car! There were three sealed roads and the rest were just rough roads. Except for some small settlements the island was pretty unspoilt with beautiful scenery and wildlife everywhere. It was nice to be somewhere really remote and quiet, although it would be busier during summer. The place really reminded us of England with beautiful green fields, also there seemed to be more than a couple of English who had moved there and started a business to escape England. We would live on this island if it wasn't so far from home, especially with the great value for money houses with lots of land! The photo shows the second biggest "town" of Penneshaw!

No comments: