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Please note: My page has moved to http://www.travelaroundwithkris.com - so follow me there as there will only be reposts on this site randomly throughout the month. New articles are being posted at the new site - with ino on Germany, Portugal and Spain added most recently. In Australia, on the island of Tasmania, a fun …
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Please note: My page has moved to http://www.travelaroundwithkris.com - so follow me there as there will only be reposts on this site randomly throughout the month. New articles are being posted at the new site - with ino on Germany, Portugal and Spain added most recently. Flinder's Chase National Park covers a large part of …
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Kangaroo Island is a great place to visit for several days or more. There are flights to Kangaroo Island, but most people take the SeaLink ferry. Through SeaLink you can also take a bus ride from Adelaide to the ferry port to go to KI which is a convenient way to get there. Kangaroo Island …
Kelly Hill Caves As anyone who reads this blog knows, I'm a sucker for visiting any cave system I am near. I've tubed in caves, zip-lined in caves, etc. Kelly Hill Caves was discovered in 1880 by a sheep farmer who was searching for some lost sheep on his horse which was named Kelly. He …
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My blog has moved. So if you enjoy it, check it out at it's new and improved location - Travelaroundwithkris.com There are a few places in the world where people live underground. Sadly, some are just homeless, like those that live in sewers, abandoned train tunnels, etc in small pockets around the world. But other …
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Lighthouses of Kangaroo Island, Australia Kangaroo Island was my favorite part of Australia. It has everything a person could want all in one place. It has animals like penguins, wallabies, kangaroos, koalas, seals, short-billed geese, and others. It has the best ice cream I've ever had. It has quirky mailboxes. It also has amazing natural …
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Geological wonders: Punakaiki Rocks - New Zealand The Punakaiki Rocks are located on the northwest side of the South Island of New Zealand. Punakaiki (Poo-nuh-kI-kee) is the closest the Maori could pronounce Pancake, so that's how their name was born. The rocks themselves are layered limestone that is worn away by the ocean, and left …
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Sunset over Uluru (Ayer's Rock) In the Red Center of Australia, Uluru is the main attraction. You can fly directly to the area, or drive south from Alice Springs, or north from Adelaide. The road is very long and has very little to see other than a few dead kangaroos, some tumbling weeds, and …
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Unique Adventures: Waitomo (Why-toe-moe) Caves Tube in a cave with glow-worms As I've mentioned before, I love caves, and take many opportunities to see them. In New Zealand, there is a particularly rare cave experience. It is called Black Water Rafting, but what it is is tubing in the dark in a cave, jumping off …
Aussie Mailboxes - creative recycling at it's finest This is a somewhat common style of mailbox on Kangaroo Island. While I saw many unusual mailboxes throughout rural Australia, I've got to say the ones I saw on Kangaroo Island were the most creative. Tasmania had some really fun ones too. Many, like this one, …
There are so many chances to see animals on Kangaroo Island. First, there are Kangaroos and Wallabies just out and about in the town at night. You can see them hopping across lawns at dusk. If you are using a rental car, you aren't allowed to drive at night because it is so likely that …
Clifford's Honey Farm on Kangaroo Island has the last genetically pure population of the Ligurian honey bees anywhere in the world. All the other Lingorian bee populations in the world have been mixed with other types of bees. But, because of Kangaroo Island's remote location, theirs have not. The honey these bees make is delicious, …
If you are in Brisbane, I recommend a stop at the Lone Pine Koala sanctuary. There are over 100 koalas there, and you can see quite a few of them, generally sleeping in their trees or eating eucalyptus. The park also has areas where you can walk around with, and in some cases feed, …
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In NE Australia (a bit south of Cairns), there is a place called Tarzali Lakes that you can see platypus in the wild. This is a small lake that there are several platypi in. They are small and very fast so something like this may be the best picture you can get. You have to …
This is Little Sahara, a 2 square kilometer set of sand dunes in the southern central portion of Kangaroo Island, Australia. You can sandboard, sand ski, sand sled, etc there. There is a fairly tiring climb to get to the top of the dunes as every step you sink into the sand, but then you …
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