Kangaroo Island

The week I have done a little bit of last minute traveling. As of right now the only traveling I have left is the 22 hours of flight home. But before I do that I will explain a little place called Kangaroo Island. This island is located off the shore of South Australia and is the 3rd largest island off of the Australian coast. The island gets its name for the amount of kangaroos that were once present. Now there are fewer kangaroos but a mother and its joey were still able to wake me up in the morning. I slept out under the stars in a swag with my body tucked into a ball (I forgot a sleeping bag and blanket). Besides kangaroos the island has plenty of wallabies, so much so that I bet we saw over 200 in a matter of 5 minutes driving around in a field at night. As other proof that there are plenty of wallabies, the road is scattered with wallaby roadkill. Like the kangaroos whose numbers are now lower than what they were when the island was first colonized the number of sea lions is also down. One of the types we saw were the Australian Sea Lion which has just recently been classified as an endangered species. These animals reminded me much of dogs how they would interact with each other by chasing, barking, and playing with other sea lions. On the last day we walked to a remote part of the island where another smaller Australian Sea Lion colony exists. This group was not familiar with humans, unlike the sea lions at Seal Bay. So we had to keep a farther distance and be more cautious around the sea lions. They are not comfortable on land but in the water they feel very safe, and if you lie still on a rock they will come very close to you because they are very curious animals. Visiting Kangaroo Island allowed me to see parts of Australia that are still very wild and untamed. The scenery does not compare to New Zealand but I don't think many places in the world can compare.