nateniale's travels

{ Australia Feb/Mar 2009 - Day 7 & 8 - Kangaroo Island, South Australia } The first day in Kangaroo Island was spent with a lighthouse, honey farm, fish and chips and small tiny penguins. The remaining two days had more lighthouses, limestones, rocks and sand with lots of animals thrown in between. Woke up in the morning at the Emu Bay Holiday Homes and getting acquainted with the area we spent the night. Arrived very late the night before and the whole area was pitch black! And before we know it, we had to leave! Oh well, that's the thing about road trip around a big island - you can't really stay put in the same place. We drove to a nearby town to a simple brunch and coffee. First stop for the day is to the most charming little square-shaped lighthouse, Cape Borda. We went there just in time to see the historic cannon being fired - specially for just the two of us! Yes, it was pretty empty when we got there. There were the old lighthouse keepers cott...

Have you ever watch those cartoons or animations where there were birds sitting on tree branches singing happily away? This shot taken in Kangaroo Island in South Australia reminded me of that! Now, can you imagine them singing harmony just like in Snow White ( in this song )? with a smile and a song, - nateniale - { Click here for other posts on my Australia in 2009 and a list of my travelogues }

{ Australia Feb/March 2009 - Day 6 - Kangaroo Island, South Australia} After spending a day in Adelaide , we woke up early the next day and dragged our luggage from our backpacker to the Adelaide Central Bus Station. We definitely needed to learn how to pack light! From the bus station, we took a bus that would take us to Cape Jervis. Cape Jervis was about 2 hours away on the bus and was on the south of Fleurieu (pronounced floo-ree-oh) Peninsula. From there, we took the Kangaroo Island SeaLink - a ferry going from Cape Jervis to Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island.  As Kangaroo Island is a huge island with no public transport, we decided to rent a car for the three days that we would be there. The map of the island was relatively simple. There were not that many roads around the island - only a few (maybe, three?) main roads that are sealed, and most were gravel roads or unsealed roads. Once we got our car, we decided to start off our trip with a visit to a lighthouse situated at ...

{ Australia Feb/March 2009 - Day 5 - Adelaide, South Australia}   The first thing I noted about Adelaide was how deserted the roads are! It reminded me so much of Canberra where I spent around 4 years in university. The second would be the heat and the cloudless sky. We arrived in Adelaide on 25 Feb 2009, after spending four days in Sydney for business. Adelaide would be our base in between our travels to Kangaroo Island and Barossa Valley. We took an early morning flight from Sydney to Adelaide. From the Adelaide domestic terminal, we took the airport bus. The bus departs hourly, cost a flat fee of A$5.00 and stops at various hotels in the Adelaide city. The bus stopped us right in front of the backpackers that we have booked online - Annie's Place. We booked an ensuite double room. The room was small but functional, there was a shared kitchen that can be used at specific times and the building would be locked by 11pm (or thereabout), after which you would need to enter a ...