Flinder's Chase National Park

In 1800 the British Government funded Matthew Flinders to explore and map Australia. He made the first recorded sighting of KI in March 1802. He came on shore and named it Kangaroo Island because of the large number of kangaroos he saw roaming there.

We drove 90 km to the other side of the island to Flinders Chase National Park. We paid for a one day pass ($ 28) and spent almost three hours there.

 First stop was the visitor information centre - the usual souvenirs and cafe and an interesting art display that displays the natural history of the area. 

We headed south to Cape du Couredic, about 15 kms to Admirals Arch.

We thought the view was magnificent, until we got to the arch.....

 ..... and WOW

 The park is very well kept and all the timber work was being oiled while we were there. 

 There is a New Zealand sea lion colony there and we saw so many just laying around or playing in the water. We watched them for ages, and decided we didn't need to do the paid tour to the seal colony.

Cape du Couredic was named in 1803 by Captain Baudin. The construction of the lighthouse started in 1906 and is built of local stone. Three 4 roomed cottages were also built. 

Peter likes to take dirt roads "to see where they go".... so we went down this dirt road and came to Weirs Cove, 1 mile from the lighthouse. There we found the ruins of the storage sheds for the supplies for the lighthouse keepers. 

Supplies were delivered every 3 months by ship. This is the jetty where the flying fox would haul supplies up to the storage sheds.

Weirs Cove

The Remarkable Rocks were  formed in the post-Cambrian period and are weathered rocks made of granite laid down about 500 Million years ago. 

I'll let the pictures tell the story. 

We had a great day and although it was cold it was well worth the long drive and the cold weather.

Allison