Kangaroo Island Part 2

After lunch at Vivonne Bay – a restaurant that was destroyed in the bush fires of 2020 but has since rebuilt – we went to Admiral’s Arch. The lighthouse at the entrance marked the spot, but I do not know for sure whether it was a working lighthouse or not. This roiling piece of rock meeting ocean is the home to the declining population of fur seals. We saw a number of seals both in the water and on the rocks, but the main attraction was the arch made by erosion. Unfortunately, work was being done on the boardwalk, so we did not get a full view of the arch. But it was enough to see how spectacular it was.

The final stop of the day was at the sanctuary where we were able to pet the Kangaroo Island kangaroos, see other animals, and pet the koalas. Micky even held a koala, which shed all over her shirt, was heavy, and had long claws. In petting the koala, we found they were very soft and very cute. Over 90% of the koalas on the island were killed in the 2020 bush fires, but they have begun to regenerate and have added about 6,000 koalas since 2020.

As we were leaving the park, I noticed a number of koalas in the trees around the park. The woman at the park said those koalas are wild and have just found their way to the trees, and as trees continue to regenerate, more and more koalas will appear.

Then it was an hour drive back to the ferry, 50 minutes across the channel, and an hour home to meet Jani about 10:00 p.m. It was a long but wonderful day.