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Australia 26. january - 2. march 1998

Australia (week 3)

Henning Nielsen
2005-11-10 16:03:11

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lunch - I got kangaroo - not so bad - but honestly nothing special.

Very nice area, a very nice tour, but all a bit to commerciel - it seems like the purpose of the trip is to have us buy some of their wine.

Back in Adelaide late afternoon. Very hot day today. So just a short walk through town and back to the motel.

Thursday 12'th

Leaving late morning on route 822 to Cleland Wildlife Park in the Adelaide Hills. Very nice trip up there - and very nice and cozy wildlige (tamelife!) park. Plenty of kangaroos and wallabies.

A group of dingo's are enjoying themselves - but you couldn't walk round between them like the kangaroos.

The Tasmanian Devil isn't out - until the ranger comes by with 2 dead rats for lunch. Then suddenly Jackson - as it is called - gets very active. The ranger tells that Jackson is offended because he had been moved to another location, so therefore he stays in his cave under the ground most of the time.

Back to Adelaide. A short walk by the river - it's nice. Lookinf for a small 9 hole golf-course I have seen on a map. Finds it - but unfortunately closed for the day. Too bad - you could have rented some clubs and taken a quick 9 holes for 8 $,

Friday 13'th

A one-day trip to Kangaroo Island. Get up at 6 am to catch the bus for Cape Jarvis. From there one hour by boat to Pennishaw. In Pennishaw the local hostel has arrangered a sightseeing-tour of the island. Once again - looking for cliffs and very impressive nature. Suddenly we are close to run over a Goanna. A Goanna is a lizard. Pretty much liked since it eats snakes. So if there's a Goanna in the back yard you're pretty sure there are no snakes.

Its time for a picnic-lunch. In the tree beside there's ...