Sky Watch Friday - Kangaroo Island

Every travel photography book I've read advises "look behind you". This time I did - and took one of my favourite shots.

The front view.

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Kangaroo Island

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Sky Watch Friday - Kangaroo Island - Cape du Couedic Lighthouse

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Kangaroo Island - Cape Du Couedic

Kangaroo Island - Fur Seals

After a wet Easter/Anzac Day long weekend, I've now updated the Travel Blog and put a Slideshow and Album online for your viewing pleasure.

Kangaroo Island - Admirals Arch

Monochrome Weekend - Kangaroo Island

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Weekend Reflections - Kangaroo Island

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Sky Watch Friday - Kangaroo Island - Wedgetailed Eagle

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Kangaroo Island - Koalas

Koalas: one of the Island's most famous characters. The koala (like the platypus and Ringtail Possum) is an introduced species and their numbers have truly exploded. Unlike on the mainland, you don't have to try too hard to get your first glimpse of a wild koala.

They may be easy to see but they are still difficult to photograph, usually being high up and obscured by leaves and branches which are likely to be moving in the breeze. I took lots of shots but most of them are out of focus.

Kangaroo Island - Tammar Wallabies

Tammar Wallabies: the Tammar Wallaby has smaller and finer features than the kangaroo and is abundant on the Island. Mainland populations are extinct in southeastern Australia, with only a small population surviving in Western Australia.

Kangaroo Island - Kangaroos

The Island's isolation has seen some species evolve differently from the mainland species. This is evident in the KI Kangaroo, a subspecies of the Western Grey Kangaroo which is smaller, darker and has longer fur than its mainland counterpart. Kangaroos and wallabies can be seen over most of the Island.

Monochrome Weekend - Kangaroo Island

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Weekend Reflections - Kangaroo Island

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Sky Watch Friday - Kangaroo Island - Stokes Bay

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Kangaroo Island - Goanna

At first we thought this goanna was after termites but our guide, Nikki, thought it was probably stealing the eggs that another goanna had laid inside the termite mound. Whatever it was doing, it wasn't going to let us distract it from its goal.

Kangaroo Island - Seal Bay

Not seals at all, but Australian sea lions.

Kangaroo Island - Pennington Bay

When I get a chance I'll put up a gallery and do a full post on the travel blog. 

Mystery Solved

This is the answer to those "what the devil is it" questions over the last couple of days. Although not the original light from Cape Willoughby Lighthouse, this is a similar type of lamp to that originally used. Its massive.

Monochrome Weekend

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