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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| 5/10/09 | Tues 29/9 The bush along the track is a pretty sight with splashes of pink, white, blue and yellow as the wild flowers begin to bloom. Thurs 1/10 A Wedge Tail Eagle sitting on a bush close to the cliff top; a good photo opportunity...a rush for the camera and a few slow steps out the front of the house... wedge tail is watching and although I'm about 100 m away its not long before it takes off to glide down below the clifftop.... its interesting to note the personal space distances different wild animals and birds have. Sat 3/10 We take our 4 guests on our Orchid Gully Trail after breakfast. Its not long before we find masses of Veined Helmet Orchids recognised by the bright green heart shaped leaves but unfortunately no helmet flowers. There are lots of patches of them along the trail. Its well down into the gully before we saw our first whispy maroon Spider Orchid and then a few Pink Fairies. Lots of Common Brown Froglets calling in the creek. Several Crimson Rosellas were seen in a number of places. No Native Fish seen in the pools as the water is flowing strongly making it hard to see any. When we reached the waterfall, it is a spectacular sight. The patch of Greenhood Orchids is now only dried stems and seed pods. There are lots of thistles so Pat and I went down again on Sunday to chip them out. We decided to have a BBQ by the waterfall at the same time. It was really beautiful, with the smell of wood smoke and chops cooking combined with the earth and trees. The sun glistening on the waterfall finished a perfect picture. |
| 24/6/09 | Wed 24/6 It is interesting to see what kangaroos eat. During summer when there is no grass about they often stand on their hind legs to eat Drooping Sheoak needles. But there is plenty of grass about and they can be seen grazing off dry needles on the ground and also some kinds of mushrooms / fungi had been eaten out the front this morning. Unpleasant shock this morning when watering in the conservatory at the front of the house to discover at the base of one of our wooden tubs the start of a termite mound. A quick check reveals no apparent house entry but the mound is too close to be tolerated. We are considering our options. ( The house has a passive termite protection system ) |
| 27/5/09 | Sat 16/5 Just leaving the orchard and closing the gate with the dog nosing about when there was this different sound. Its funny how you tune in to differences. Sooty, our dog, is busy trying to sniff the tail of a 1.2 m Tiger Snake while it is very kindly heading for cover! Tues 19/5 Tiger Snake is back again,now in the orchard and I nearly trod on it this time ! Somehow just didn't expect to see a snake again almost in winter on an only pleasant temperature day. Once again, snake kindly headed for cover.We have snakes in the orchard from time to time because we have lots of mice due to the duck feed. Wed 27/5 Did a much needed Kikuyu grass extermination in the veg garden and wheeled a barrow load over to the animal water bowl in front of the house. Went inside and immediately saw two kangaroos come close and look warily for several minutes before deciding to come and eat. Followed by two more in a minute or so. Amazing considering no grass has been put out for weeks now and there is plenty of green about ! |
| 3/5/09 | Mon 13/4 We went for a walk along our foreshore to Cape Cassini. About 0.5 km from the West boudary of our property we came to what we call the Sculptured Rock Pools and in one of them we noticed this small, brightly pink coloured almost minature manta ray type creature about 1cm long swimming in amongst the weed.Just before we reached Cape Cassini we spotted a pod of about 15 dolphins about 50 metres offshore breaching out of the water and then some jumping out.We saw small groups of dolphins twice more as we headed back. Mon 20/4 A bat flew around the house suddenly at 9pm while we were watching TV. Don't know where it came from. They are easy enough to get out providing they can be trapped in a room with an outside sliding door as most rooms have. Fri 1/5 A family of 6 Beautiful Firetails at the small bowl on the ground, some bathing, others drinking. Sun 3/5 A bat flying in the house at night again. Will have to work out how it got in as all doors etc were closed ! Mon 4/5 12.45pm After I came back from my run, the wildlife was amazing. first a kangaroo on the lawn area went to the larger bowl to drink. A Willie Wagtail flew up and joined him, sitting on the rim. I was in the kitchen making my salad lunch. A few moments later up came 3 more kangaroos to eat grass put out last night from the orchard. Then there were 4 Firetails at the small bowl. After that there was a procession of birds to drink and bathe. Two kinds of Honeyeater, Crested and New Holland, a larger bird, likely to have been a European Greenfinch, a Scarlet Robin and finally the Willie Wagtail, too. All the while several Superb Fairy Wrens were hoping about feeding on the lawn. It was interesting to watch the social interaction of the different bird species. Generally if a bigger bird flew to the bowl, the smaller bird flew away. |
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