I am on the Kangaroo Island in South Australia, staying in The Kangaroo Island Central Backpackers in the little town of Kingscote – just 25 AUD per dormitory bed.
Blue sky, some 26 deg Celsius during the day. I saw falready first wallabies and kangaroos, but they have here more wildlife, even little penguins…
The island is beautiful and few people live here. The gateway to Kangaroo Island is Adelaide. You can either take from this city a bus and then a ferry to land in Penneshaw (they have youth hostel there) or to take 20-minute flight from Adelaide to Kingscote. Kingscote is in my opinion better place to stay, since it is more central. No public transport on the 120-kms long island – can you imagine? I intended to rent a car but let you know that it is not New Zealand where you will find many competing companies: it is only Hertz and Budget and they charge 70 AUD per day with free 100 kms – for extra km you must pay extra. Sorry – not good offer for a single backpacker… The island is too big to walk all over the way to the attractions and the tiny traffic goes only to the settlements, not to the distant lighthouses and national parks – so the hitchhiking is also risky. Should I take an organized tour?
