I think we have melted the camera!!!

What a couple of great days we have had.

Yesterday we headed up to Stokes Bay a little beach on the north of the island. You can walk through a small cave which brings you out onto a beautiful beach. You just have to time it right as you could easily get caught when the tide comes in.

Then we went to a farm visit at Paul's Place. It was great.

We started by feeding emus, kangaroos, ducks, geese and even a "Bambi" as the kids like to call them.

The they held a marron which is a local fresh water type lobster, we also held a possum and a kangaroo which was so cute. Then the kids all got a cuddle from a friendly koala.

 

Paul then thought it would be fun to put feed on my head and put me up against a fence where emus from both sides pecked it off. Much to the kids dismay he then  put some in  my lap...lets just say that they don't have sharp beaks but they are very hard.

We all cuddled a possum and a kangaroo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then we went into an aviary where the kids patted an echidna and had a few birds land on them including a magnificent red tailed black cockatoo.

 

After that we nursed a couple of snakes and lizards and fed some more animals. The kids even bottle fed a kangaroo while it lay in their laps.

 

 

The final part of the day was a couple of pony rides for all of them which just made the day for all of them.

 

 

What a fantastic experience and so hands on. Make sure you come down and see this place if you make it to KI.

We finished the day off by visiting a few beaches on the north of the island which were all beautiful.

Today we went to a Eucalyptus distillery with beautiful smelling products and managed to give the card a bit of a work out then went up to Emu bay. We stopped in at an old school house which was the only school in the area from 1830's to mid 1950's. it has been restored and is open for a visit. The kids were more impressed with the "Earth house" which was better known by the local kids as a "Dunny" which really cracked up our three.

 

Then we went to the beach at Emu Bay where we had a walk onto a lovely long jetty and a drive on a beach which we had all to ourselves. We drove along it for over a km which was great fun.

Our last visit was to a lavender farm where we had a lovely coffee and some lavender scones with home made apricot jam and lavender jelly. YUM.

We are heading off to the south west of the island to Flinders Chase National Park.

How good is this place!!!!!!