Kangaroo Island, Australia
Kangaroo Island at a Glance
Although just 150 kilometers long, Kangaroo Island's landscape is packed with Australia's most varied and densest menagerie of wildlife.
If you don't know much about this small piece of South Australian paradise, read my list of amazing facts before scanning the list of 15 top attractions.
10 Amazing Facts & 15 Top Attractions on Kangaroo Island
1. It's 7 times the size of Singapore at 4400 kilometers2. At its slenderest point it's only 900 meters wide.
2. Flinders Chase National Park was founded in 1919, "as a bit of a sanctuary for those suffering from 'brain fag,' according to Samuel Dixon, the park's founding father.
3. The kangaroos here are somewhat different from the Australian type; they are darker in color and have longer fur.
4. The Remarkable Rocks lie on Kirkpatrick Point, given the name after an 1899 shipwreck survivor. The term originates from a genuine chart which described a few "remarkable rocks."
5. There have been over 80 shipwrecks off Kangaroo Island since 1847. At least 19 ships have been wrecked since 1909.
6. Tate's grass trees, called yaccas in South Australia, grow 0.5 to 2.5 mm a year. Only until 1997 their red resin was being harvested to manufacture a gum utilized in fireworks.
7. What appear like stalactites at Admirals Arch really are fossilized roots.
8. The Ligurian bees here are the last purest population in the world. The island was the Earth's first bee sanctuary, set up in 1885.
9. The island ought to be called I'lle Decres, for a French adventurer Boudin published the first map of Kangaroo Island back in 1811.
10. The last three lighthouses were constructed in 1909, which include Cape Borda, Cape du Couedic, and Cape Willoughby.
15 Top Must-See Attractions on Kangaroo Island
Here's my list of attractions to see while visiting this island.
1. Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
2. Raptor Domain
3. Seal Bay
4. A Walk Back in Time Trail
5. Admirals Arch
6. Bales Beach
7. Christmas Cove
8. Cygnet River
9. Kelly Hill Caves
10. Parndana Soldier Settlement Museum
11. Old Wisanger School
12. St. Albans Church
13. Strawbridge Point
14. The Wallaby Track
15. Cape Willoughby Heritage Trail
