We were thankful to leave Adelaide, another 'you could be anywhere' kind of city, where we paid for a day's bus riding and then found that the city had free buses and tram within the city limits, which being only one mile square, (or one square mile, I'm never sure if that's different) we could easily walk around. So we made up for it by riding the tram a few kilometers to the coast through the never ending suburbs. It was very hot and the AC in our room at the Shakespere Backpackers Hostel, being old simply didn't do the job.
So yesterday, Thursday morning, we took possession of a Backpackers Campervan and took to the open road. Following the coast south we made for the Sealink ferry to Kangaroo Island, which promises a wildlife experience such as you don't get now on the mainland. It's expensive but we want a few days 'in the wild'. We camped by a cove where we attempted to snorkel but found it was really too shallow. Further out Rich saw a bunch of ominous looking jellyfish so we didn't loiter too long in the water. It was a very quiet spot and we weren't disturbed by anyone telling us we couldn't camp there overnight. After a good meal cooked on the gas stove, we made oursleves comfortable; Rich on a top pull-out bed with me below on the very large comfortable bed. When I went out to do the necessary in the night the sky was incredible; so black and full of brilliant stars and of course, quite different to our familiar northern starscape.
In the early morning, bright red and yellow parrots flew around the bushes and lovely little wagtails bobbed around the van. So now we're both in the Island's Library checking emails etc. Then we're off to explore this very large island.
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