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Kangaroo Island information
Located 120 kilometres south west of Adelaide, Kangaroo Island is just 16 kilometres off the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula. 480 kilometres of coastline make the Island the third largest off the Australian mainland.
Reached by a 30-minute flight from Adelaide or a 45-minute vehicle and passenger ferry that departs daily from Cape Jervis a 90-minute drive south of Adelaide.
Discovered by English explorer Matthew Flinders in 1802, and visited shortly after by French explorer Nicolas Baudin, Kangaroo Island was first settled by deserters from English and American whaling ships prior to its official European settlement in 1836.
The isolation of the Island, its pure air and clean water makes it one of the last unspoiled wonders of the world - and a unique wilderness holiday destination. An abundance of wildlife, rarely found elsewhere, live in a protected natural environment.
There are many activities for the visitor - including expert guided nature tours, visiting the wildlife - dolphins, sea lions, penguins, wallabies, goannas, koalas, and of kangaroos, scuba diving, dining on seafood, cheeses, rock lobsters, free range poultry, pure Ligurian bee honey, wine, olives and olive oil or dangling a line from a jetty.
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