Kangaroo Island Wilderness Trail
We started off our Australia adventure with five days backpacking 66 kilometers along the Kangaroo Island Wilderness Trail. The trail is only a couple of years old, and has great campgrounds. We had both the trail and campgrounds to ourselves (except for the last night, when one guy that skipped the previous campground joined us). We also had beautiful weather and lots of wildlife encounters.
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| Excited backpackers at the start of the hiking! |
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| Skip stared Alex down, and didn't want to move off the trail |
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| One of several goannas that scared us on the trail - each was 4-5 feet long |
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| Goanna posing for a selfie |
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| Alex leading the way out |
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| Echidnas are like porcupines, except they are amazing |
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| Giant Bull Ant, one of the largest ant species anywhere |
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| Gazing out to Antarctica |
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| Katie wondering if she could make a break back to the car |
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| Somebody left a stuffed animal in the tree |
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| The soft sand turned out to be one of the most difficult stretches of the trail |
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| Australian Crimson Rosella |
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| Trudging across Tatooine |
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| I walked through a spider web across the trail, and this guy landed on my face |
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| Alex and Katie about to be swallowed by a stone wave |
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| I tried climbing the splitter crack...unsuccessfully |
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| Katie trapped in the trash compactor |
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| The Remarkable Rocks |
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| Now they tell us! |
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| Kangaroo Island hooligans |
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| Day three...we had to leave Katie behind |
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| The Southern Ocean |
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| Local resident posing |
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| "We have to go all the way over there?!?" |
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| Amazing turquoise surf |
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| A very unique river crossing |
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| How not to do it |
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| It was worth making the trip just to see these guys |
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| The Kangaroo Island outback |
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| Creepy white ibis gazing over out campsite |
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| Amazing looking Eucalyptus trees |
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| Katie unaware of the impending doom behind her |
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| We found Tigger! |
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| The ibis represents judgement for the dead |
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| I have no idea what it is, but it's big and it's creepy |
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| Not a kangaroo...a wallaby |
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| The Australian Scarlet Robin |
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| This kangaroo thinks he's invisible in the bush |
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| Amazing fact: Koalas sleep more than Katie does |
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| Admirals Arch |
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| Cape du Couedic Lighthouse, which was inaccessible from land for many years |
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| Happiness is hiking without a pack |
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| Kelly Hill Caves at the end of the Wilderness Trail are remarkable in the concentration of straws and stalactites |
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| Too many pictures of koalas, but they are that cute! |
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| Survivors! |
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| Sunset from the mainland towards Kangaroo Island |
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