We got up very early, threw everthing that was not already in the backpack in it, and prepared out suitcases, so we could leave them in the storage room at the hostel. Then we checked out and walked to the bus station just at the end of the street. It was 6:15 when we arrived and queued to check in and exchange our voucher for a real bus ticket. The alarm was already going, when we entered the building. The lady behind the counter shrug her shoulders and said to the security guy: „Isn‘t it supposed to stop at some point?“. He shrug his shoulders too and said that he does not smell anything so it can not be a real fire. After two more minutes she said, that we might want to leave the building and let the firemen handle the problem. After a couple of minutes three firemen with heavy gear entered the building and defeated something that smelled like a toast stuck in a toaster. At least that what it smelled like when we went back in again.
Camilla and I had been booked on a dorm room on Kanagaroo Island and we wanted to change that, what led to an even longer queue behind us. Camilla went to get us breakfast in the station shop, but -maybe due to the fire alarm – neither the atm nor the card terminal worked. The shop owner gave us the coffee for free, but we would not get any food until the ferry.
We got onto the bus. It was a 2 hours drive to get to the ferry terminal. We could not sleep, because we are constantly concerned we might miss seeing something on the way. With the ferry it was another 45 minutes.
On Kangaroo Island we tried to find the right tour. There were many big busses, but then Kate was there and said that we are with her. The bus was smaller and already full with others. We took our seats and Kate showed us a map and told us about the coming two days and the programm. She was funny and a very geat guide.
Our first stop was a sheep farm, where we would see some sheep shearing. On our way there, we saw a couple of kangaroos. I thought, that even in Australia you have to be lucky to see kangaroos, but we have seen many during those two days.
Having lived in NZ, Camilla and me have seen sheep being shorn before, so this wasn‘t crazy exciting. I was only happy that the sheep seemed to be relaxed during the procedure. And the farmer was way kinder than the guy I saw doing it in NZ.
Next stop was the Eucalyptus Distillery, were we had lunch as well. They sell everything that can be made of eucalyptus. The lady who runs the Distillery adopts animal orphans like kangaroos and wallabies. There was this little kangaroo, jumping around on the terrasse where we were having our lunch. I wanted to take a picture of it and bent down. It came slowly closer and took my arm in it‘s hands. Kate had told us about their sharp claws, so I tried to keep my distance which was hard, because it was just so cute.
From the Distillery, we drove to Seal Bay, where we met with one of the guides that work there. She took us down to the beach, where the seals sleep and relax and little baby or toddler seals play.
After that we took some boards and surfed down the dunes of little sahara… Ok the others surfed or flew down… I crawled down the dunes, which left me get stuck in the middle of the way. Not my cup of tea, but a beautiful area.
From there we went to the lodge, which was very nice. It was surrounded by eucalyptus trees. At some point, I saw a couple of people from the group standing around one of those trees. There was a koala sitting pretty close to the bottom watching us.
There was some free time before dinner, but it started to rain. So kayaking was too chilly. Instead we went for a walk to the beach and back. Back at the lodge, Kate was already busy doing BBQ. It smelled fantastic and was delicious. She had prepaired three kinds of salad too. We had some Kangaroo Island wine with it and chatted with the swedish couples at our table. We had our dessert inside, because it started to get chilly.
At some point I had to get outside to call our hostel and saw some kangaroos chilling in the garden right next to me. They come out at dusk/night.
We went to bed early, still groggy from our early start.
