Cape Cassini Wilderness Retreat, Kangaroo Island Hotel, hosted Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Setting the standard; looking to the future:
The only accommodation in South Australia with Green Globe benchmarking
and Advanced Eco Tourism Accreditation
A Holiday with Peace of Mind.
When you stay with us you are treading lightly on the environment.
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| 23/10/06 | Our guests saw a goanna 50 cm long 100m down the Orchid Gully walk. While we were having drinks outside in the afternoon we saw 3 kangaroos: mum,older joey and joey just out of the pouch on our front lawn. It has been interesting to watch Mum over the years with her joeys. It is unusual to see them on the lawn in daylight hours. There were also 2 wallabies with joeys just out of the pouch at the same time. A very unusual sight. We either see kangaroos eating or wallabies, but not the two together. Once again a koala in a tree by our trackabout 1 km from the house. We have the occasional sighting of koalas, they are usually on their way to somewhere else, as we do not have their usual habitat. Mon 23/10 12 noon Had a good view of a Beautiful Firetail drinking at the birdbath. They are a small bird with red beak and red tail feathers. |
| 21/10/06 | David and I saw a very unusual sight last night as we were having a sunset bubbly in the sunroom. We were watching some wallabies eating on the lawn, and remarked to each other how many there were so early in the season, we usually dont have many until mid summer. Then we saw some kangaroos approaching. We sat absolutely stunned. In the six years we have been here we have never seen kangaroos and wallabies together on the lawn, and cetainly not while we have been sitting there. It was a mum and large joey and she had another in the pouch. They came right up onto the lawn and started to eat with the wallabies. We believe this is because SA is in the grip of the worst drought in recorded history, and the food for the wild animals is fast diminishing. David managed to take a photograph which we have put up on our photo gallery. To see is to believe!!. |
| 3/10/06 | Our guest did the Cliff Top Walk to help pick Native Apricots and on the top of a bare hill we saw an Echidna! Later we did the Annual Frog Census in Orchid Gully using a tape recorder but there were few frog calls this year due to the very dry winter. Sun 1/10 Took our Guest, a journalist, out for a late departure day tour. Saw 2 live goannas and 2 dead ones and a dead echidna all on the road, all sightings to be reported to Pelican Lagoon Research Station. Also saw lots of wallabies, kangaroos and a koala as well as sealions at Seal Bay and quite a variety of birdlife. Mon 2/10 Guest enjoyed a late breakfast and the Silver Eyes and Superb Fairy Wrens at the bird bath. After a beach picnic lunch we took our guest on a Fore Shore walk to checkout Little Penguin burrows, Penguin Cave and Stink Cave. |
| 19/9/06 | Our Guest tour today went first to Seal Bay to see Sealions then Australia's Best Beach, 2004, Vivonne Bay. We saw 4 koalas at Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary,and the endangered Cape Barren Geese driving up to Rocky River Interpretive Centre. (and a branched Yacca over 2m tall just before). Then on to Remarkable Rocks and Admirals Arch to see NZ Fur Seals. On the way back to Stokes Bay we saw 2 Echidnas and a dead Tiger snake by the side of the road. 3 more Koalas then lots of Kangaroos and Tamar Wallabies before arriving home. It was a wonderful day of animal sightings. |
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