KI- Day 3

On our final day of touring Kangaroo Island, we headed to the eastern peninsula to see some early landmarks, more of the rugged coast, sheep & wine country, the American river and to climb to the top of southern Australia's first built lighthouse.

Prospect Hill-
named by Captain Matthew Flinders who climbed this hill expecting to see the middle of the island and saw the ocean on the other side of this narrow eastern peninsula
*There are 512 steps to the top!*

The same view Matthew Flinders found at the top of Prospect Hill-
ocean on both sides

Beautiful panorama

Cape Willoughby Lighthouse-
built in  1852 complete with whale bones in the foreground

Two boys inside the light

View of Backstairs passage from the top of the lighthouse

Time to stretch those legs!!
Scott let the boys borrow his Australian rules football and we took them to two different ovals to try out their kicking skills.  This game is played on a big field and the odd shaped ball is harder to kick than it looks...it was great fun!

Rainbow over the field

I liked this sign

Lunch at the American River

View from the Dudley Winery-
what looks like a cloud in the right corner is actually the Australian mainland (Cape Jervis)

Our last beautiful rocky beach time on KI-
the boy ran up & down the sandy hill (to their right in this photo)until their shoes were filled with sand!

Good bye Kangaroo Island