Admirals Arch & Long Nosed Fur Seal Colony December 5, 2023 Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, Australia Admirals Arch is one of Kangaroo Island’s most impressive and unusual natural landmarks. It took thousands of years of erosion to create this distinctive rock bridge near the Cape du Couedic Lighthouse...
Cape du Couedic Lighthouse & Trail Flinders Chase National Park Kangaroo Island, Australia December 5, 2023 According to Lighthouses of Australia, the history of this lighthouse goes something like this….the first Europeans to arrive on Kangaroo Island in 1802 was a group led by Matthew Flinders looking for water and...
Remarkable Rocks...really are Remarkable, Admirals Arch is Amazing and the Lighthouse is Lovely! Flinders Chase National Park Kangaroo Island, South Australia December 5, 2023 We drove a little over an hour and a half to get out to the national park on the west coast of Kangaroo Island...Flinders Chase National Park....
Prospect Hill Kangaroo Island, Australia December 6, 2023 We had been driving all around Kangaroo Island, passing the sign for Prospect Hill, multiple times. We finally decided to go ahead and make the stop and see what it was all about. As it turns out, it’s the highest point on Kangaroo Island which surprised me...
Remarkable Rocks Flinders Chase National Park Kangaroo Island, Australia December 5, 2023 What’s so significant about Remarkable Rocks? Easy answer...they are a geological wonder! Over 500 million years and 33,000 feet below the Earth's surface an elemental assault of wind, rain, sea salt erosion created the magical...
Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park Parndana, Kangaroo Island, Australia December 3, 2023 Today was the day I dreamed of my whole life…. ….to hold a koala & bottle feed a baby joey! Both of which I was lucky enough to experience at this amazing little sanctuary on Kangaroo Island called KI Wildlife Park. It’s been in...
Auckland Zoo…We Met Kiwi & Taz! Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand October 25, 2023 Mission & Values: We share our love for wild places and wild life. Ka aroha nui ki ngā wāhi puihi, ki ngā kararehe puihi hoki. We are conservation optimists. Whakanuia te taiao. We are all kaitiaki (guardians) of the Zoo and the...
The International Antarctic Center 38 Orchard Road Christchurch, 8052 NZ October 9, 2023 'See it. Love it. Save it.' Quoting directly from the International Antarctic Centre website: Christchurch is one of five cities in the world known as a ‘gateway to Antarctica.’ This is far more than an empty title. The garden city...
We stopped in Timaru for the evening on our way back from Dunedin to Christchurch. After dinner, we walked through a small park to the harbor, where little blue penguins were rumored to nest. After having no luck in Omaru and Dunedin, our expectations were kinda low. It didn't help that the temperatures were in the...
Willowbank Wildlife Reserve 60 Hussey Road, Harewood Christchurch 8051, New Zealand September 17, 2023 What an awesome adventure we had exploring this wildlife reserve in Christchurch. It was founded by the Willis Family over 40 years ago and remains in the family today. They have maintained 3 goals while in operation:...