Saying goodbye to KI and HelloBarossaValley On Thursday morning we said a very sad goodbye to Natalie, Jack and Mark and headed off with James to Kingscote airport where we were picking up Ed after his few days off.We said goodbye to James at the airport as he was travelling to Adelaide for a meeting. Ant and I are spending the night in Kingscote as we would have arrived in Adelaide very late at night if we had caught the afternoon ferry - Emma travelled to...

Days off and disasters We generally get 2 days off a week and on our first day, James had arranged for us to go swimming with the dolphins for a very special price of just $60!!!We set off quite early as we are at least an hour's drive from pretty much anywhere east of the sanctuary.At EmuBay, we jumped on a power boat which had saddle type seats and we took a very high speed ride to the next bay, Dashwood Bay, where a pod of dolphins live.It was a bit too col...

Living and working on KangarooIsland Most days on KangarooIsland follow a similar theme.We get up and have breakfast and at 9 am, we meet in the office to get our duties for the day. Volunteering activities include Planting trees and shrubs Conservation work Maintaining paths Painting Maintaining vegetable garden Firewood collection Assisting with cleaning and laundry Fence maintenance Monitoring Koalas Maintaining bird feeding areas Fee...

KangarooIsland KangarooIsland lies just a 45 minute ferry ride off the FleurieuPeninsula.National Geographic named it the number one island in the Asia Pacific.With 540km of coastline, it is the area's third largest island.The island is home to sea lions basking on quiet beaches, koalas munching on gum trees, echidnas wandering in search of insects, kangaroos, goannas, wallabies, penguins and 267 species of birds…………….. and about 4,500 humans. Ano...

Auckland to Adelaide Our last day in Auckland was spent doing laundry, getting hair cut and generally packing up and getting ready to leave New Zealand.We had planned on getting the 5.30 am Airbus back to the airport but when we woke up at 4.00 am (!), it was pouring with rain.It was a 10 minute walk to the bus stop (in the rain) so Ant asked reception about taxis.We had just $80 left and we had been told it could be as much as $60/$70 for a taxi. What to do?T...