Kangaroo Island (1)

From http://ianrstewart.blogspot.com/

On Sunday morning, we drove both cars down to David and Lorene's in Port Elliott, where we transferred stuff from Kelly's car to David's and then headed for the ferry at Cape Jervis for our hour long sail to Kangaroo Island. It wasn't a huge ferry but its manoeuvrability in the tiny port was amazing - it had to turn a complete 180° to get the car ramp facing the right way:

There was a bit of swell on the crossing, but nothing much - just enough to keep Jo quiet for a while, though:

Notice how focussed Jo is, whilst everyone else is chatting away?

The landing at Penneshaw - although a small port, it's not as tight as Cape Jervis:

We made a slight detour to an Arts Centre that Lorene wanted to see. At its entrance was a stone octopus:

KI is quite a big island and we had to make our way all the way from Penneshaw in the far north east down to Seal Bay (near Vivonne Bay) in the south:

We checked in to our cabins near Seal Bay - there were only 6 of them, and we had booked 2. They were basic, but functional, and would be fine for our short break. They had a nice decking overlooking the bush, facing mostly east:

For our first night, we dined at the resort centre. It was fairly basic, but it did the trick. Kelly and Chris took a shine to one of the old benches:

Whilst the rest of us sat at another table:

So that was day 1 - arrival. More to follow.