Wednesday was a real wildlife day. We started at Seal Bay and spent some time on the beach on a tour of the sea-lion breeding centre. There were no barriers and we were allowed within about 5 metres of the animals. One pup even came right up to us for photos. Great fun. We then went over to the New Zealand Fur Seals Colony (over 10,000 of them here but you couldn't get as close) and saw Admiralty Arch which will eventually erode to leave an island. Our final stop was at the 'Remarkable Rocks' - huge rocks that were formed thousands of years ago by the volcanic activity in the region and have subsequently been weathered so they now resemble Henry Moore sculptures. We got there for sunset and got some great piccies.

Over night we found out why Kangaroo Island is so named as a 'roo decided to use our van for shelter from the wind and took up residence by our driver's side door. He also kept sniffing round for food but we heeded the warnings not to feed so he left hungry. He didn't keep us awake too long, and by the time we got up this morning he'd gone...

We spent half an hour this morning on a 'Koala Walk' and, by jove, we saw some in the wild for the first time. They were, predictably, all asleep and about 30 foot up in trees...ho hum, at least we saw some though. Jen is feeling a little under the weather with a stomach bug so we've decided today will be a nothing day and will probably get to the campsite fairly early. Tomorrow morning we're on the ferry at 10.30 and should be dropping the van in Adelaide around 2pm (ish). We are flying to Alice Springs at 9.40am on Saturday and wil then do a 3 day trip to Ayers Rock (Uluru) with some camping involved (oh goody!) no doubt.