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.
| Date | Entry |
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| 11/4/09 | Sun 29/3 Glossy Black Cockatoo seen by the track (red tail feathers, characteristic call) as it flew down into Orchid Gully. Fri 10/4 Went down to the Summer Sandy beach for a swim (the sand is still in as we have had no strong winds from the W, NW lately) The fishing from Whiting Rock was lively with 2 good King George Whiting and 3 Tommy Ruffs. After some lunch the Little Penguin Survey around the base of the cliff showed 3 active burrows on the East side (white mess and stong smell) and 3+ active burrows on the West side, two with a lot of recently moulted feathers in them. |
| 27/3/09 | Thurs 19/3 Glossy Black Cockatoo calls just up the track, but no time to check out how many birds as we have guests in for an evening meal. Fri 27/3 Went to the orchard to empty our compost bin from the kitchen and heard a noise in some geranium bushes in the vegetable garden so went up to investigate thinking it was a Goanna. Then out came this flattened golden head only 2 metres from where I was standing. Olympic record jump back! An angry Tiger Snake !(flattened head) What a beauty! A resplendant shiny black, thick body about 1.5 metres long. We will have to walk about carefully from now on; our first snake sighting since the previous autumn, most unusual. With lots of mice in the orchard we usually have regular sightings there in Summer and Autumn. We are still continuing to put out water in all the various bowls twice a day for the myriad of animals and birds. In other years we have also had large numbers of bees at water bowls. This year the bees have only just started to turn up in numbers. |
| 11/3/09 | On Sunday we decided to go for a walk to pick a few Native Apricots for Trees for Life and generally have a look at things on the East side of the property. We've lost a few more guards on Drooping Sheoaks planted last August and the kangaroos have stripped them bare. Once again we came across a medium / large Echidna at the top of an almost bare hill in amongst a few big Drooping Sheoaks. Later I drove up our access road to take a photo of the route of a track we would like to put in for bush fire safety and saw a 70 cm Goanna quietly ambling across in front of the vehicle. At 6 pm we decided to have drinks watching kangaroos, wallabies and numerous birds mainly Crimson Rosellas, Beautiful Firetails and Superb Fairy Wrens, drink from our water bowls at the front of the house. All of a sudden, the 2 Tamar wallabies left at one of the bowls appeared to freeze. So we looked about in the sky and sure enough, hovering in the distance, we could see 2 Wedge Tailed Eagles. As they came a bit closer, the wallabies bolted for cover. This morning our guests came into breakfast quite excited after returning from a walk to Pebble Beach where they had watched 3 groups of Dolphins, more than 15 in all, playing only 20 metres from shore. |
| 25/2/09 | We continue to have large numbers of kangaroos around the house each day. Its really lovely to see Mum and joey stretched out either on the front lawn or out the back under the cool of the Sheoak trees. It shows that they are very comfortable within this environment around the retreat. Once again the large Currawong came to drink, its really great when he decides to have a bath as well, he is quite large for the birdbath. We waited this morning for him to do that but he decided only to have a drink. Thats wildlife, you have to be watching for the special occasions!! |
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