Exploring Kangaroo Island by car. Day One included some really great places.
Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
This beautiful old truck at Emu Ridge Eucalyptus Distillery
DAY 1. We started our day climbing the Prospect Hill lookout. What a beautiful view when you reach the top. The staircase is impressive and a good leg workout.
The views from Prospect Hill look out.
A quick stop in to see Pennington Bay before heading to d’Estrees. It wasn’t the best weather, but a great day to cruise in the car. We drove into The Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park to check out the beaches. I’d say 99% of our getaways are on the coast. We love being by the ocean. A surfer and a sun seeker will always find their way to saltwater. I really liked the little beach called Browns Beach it had the most beautiful colour water. We also spotted our first gonnas here.
We then went onto Clifford’s Honey Farm where we were warmly greeted by the lady behind the counter. We tasted all the honey, checked out the bees, and tasted a couple of pretty nice refreshing drinks below. The Honey Wheat Ale is from a local business called Drunken Drone Brewery and I’ve popped their link below. Quite a nice spot to sit under the trees here to eat your icecream or have a drink.
The video is not great quality as it’s off my old iphone.
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From here we went on to the Emu Ridge Eucalyptus Distillery where we ended up having the burgers for lunch and they were awesome. I added halloumi to mine and that topped it off perfectly. We sat outside and ate our lunch as there were tour buses booked inside and we’d rather be outdoors anyway.
The staff were super friendly and the kelpie was beautiful. I took home a Eucalyptus oil for myself and a couple of gifts. Emu Ridge Handwash which smelt divine and the chest rub. Definitely one of my favourite spots. Great place to purchase gifts.
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All three images below are also off of my old iphone. I wished I had of taken my camera in here.
Our last stop before heading home to light the fire and cook tea was a quick stroll around Kingscote. It was windy and cold so we didn’t last long. We had a quick walk around the coast. The saltwater pool at the beach would be great in summer. A look down the main street and a good look in the large gift shop or One-stop gift shop which had a really good range of things. The Facebook link is below if you’d like to check out what they offer. https://www.facebook.com/kingscotegiftshop
We started at Pelican Lagoon near the conservation park and visited the places highlighted in blue. I. hope you enjoyed the read and if you have any questions please reach out to me. Day 2 will follow very soon, stay tuned.
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