Kangaroo Island – March 3rd – 4th

Indigenous Australians lived here are recently as 2000 years ago and no one is sure why they left.  They think it might have something to do with the name.  They called it Karta which means “land of the dead.”  Matthew Flinders named the island after his crew feasted on some kangaroo meat back in 1802.  Today the island is still very rural and under inhabited.  Tourists come mainly for the wildlife such as kangaroo, seals, dolphins, sea lions, and koalas.  I did a two day tour that went to a honey farm, eucalyptus distillery, kayaking, seal conservation park, an animal conservatory where we saw koalas, and Flinders National Park.  Our accommodations were on a farm so we did a nocturnal walk and saw lots of kangaroos, wallabies, and possums.