Friday, Feb 17 we were at Kangaroo Island. It is just off the coast from where Adelaide sits. The island has a population of about 2000. Much of the island is nature reserve and Flinders Chase National Park. Our excursion here was “Seal Bay Boardwalk Express”.
Seal Bay has a large colony of Australian Sea Lions
Not much color in sunrise today
Black Face Cormorants flock on the braekwater
The hill and dunes nears the beach where the sea lions confrgate
our group walking along the boardwalk
skeleton of a baby blue whale
a mother and her pup laid near the boardwalk (which we had to stay on)
male sea lions are mainly brown.
This pup was right under one of the viewing stands
a pup playing in the water
next we went to a Eucalyptus Refinery were they extract the oil from eucalyptus leaves.
an emu
our guide was one of the daughtrer of the family that started the refinery
Eucalyptus
thie machine harvest the leaves
where the oil is streamed out of the leaves
Kathy petting the resident kangaroo
along the coastline
Our ship in the bay.
the colony of cormorants again
the rocky coastline near the toen of Penneshaw where we tendered to
I then stopped by the local hotel for a beer.
then I walked along the cliffs back to the tender port
small penguins may come in the evening
back to the tenders
approaching the tender dock on the ship
the town of Penneshaw
lift the last of the tenders before we sail away
sailing away
a ferry sailing between island and mainland
coastline of the island as we sailed away
strong winds blowing tops of the waves
Great Crested Terns flying beside us.
and then the sun set
Love these shots!! Wish I was there too! Lisa
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