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Kingscote, South Australia

Kingscote, South Australia
Commercial Street.
Australian Place
NameKingscote
Typetown
StateSouth Australia
Population1692
Established1836
Postcode5223
State DistrictElectoral district of Finniss
Federal DivisionDivision of Mayo

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Kingscote is the largest town on Kangaroo Island, an island off the south coast of South Australia. It is a well established tourist centre, and also the administrative and communications centre. It is also home to a colony of the smallest penguins in the world, the little penguin. It is South Australia's oldest European settlement. At the 2006 census, Kingscote had a population of 1,692.

Kingscote, South Australia Video

A local in Kingscote (on Kangaroo Island) South Australia feeds the local Pelicans. Every day of the year, rain,hail or shine the Kingscote pelicans are fed at the same time so tourists can get up and close with the Pelican birds and learn some interesting facts about them.
9.98 min. | 0 user rating		 Cape du Couedic - Admirals Arch (Flinders Chase National Park) con le sue Foche della Nuova Zelanda, Kangaroo Island (South Australia) My pictures and story on www.tropiland.it
10.42 min. | 0 user rating		 American River (Kangaroo Island, South Australia) My pictures and story on www.tropiland.it
1.48 min. | 0 user rating		 Preview of Tomandchrissy's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor⢠TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Kangaroo Island, Australia Entry Title: "Kangaroo Island" Entry: "DAY 1: We were picked up outside our hostel at 6:15am for the two hour drive to Cape Jarvis and then had a forty-five minute calm ferry journey across to Kangaroo Island. Our first stop was Seal Bay where we got a guided tour down to the beach to watch the cute seals lazing around on the sand. We were advised to stay together as a group as it is more intimidating to the seals who might attack individuals. They were really cool and didn't look like they would hurt a fly. The Birds of Prey show, with Dave Irwin (the famous late Steve Irwin's cousin), was pretty good. Chrissy got to hold a kestrel and had an owl on her knee. It was awesome watching such big birds swooping round so close to us and demonstrating their prowess trying to catch something on the end of a rope that Dave was swinging round his head. Their largest bird was a huge Wedge-Tailed Eagle, which is also the fourth largest bird in the world. Our next stop was the Remarkable Rocks. At the toilets we got to see our first Australian wild snake - a dark coloured Tiger Snake. Chrissy chatted with him whilst I went to the loo. The massive granite boulders, sculpted by the weather were perched on a large granite dome rising steeply from the ocean. There were many <b>...</b>
1.68 min. | 0 user rating		 Pellicani a Kingscote (Kangaroo Island, South Australia) My pictures and story on www.tropiland.it
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Le Dune del Little Sahara (Kangaroo Island, South Australia) My pictures and story on www.tropiland.it
2.83 min. | 0 user rating		 Preview of Zolab's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor⢠TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Kingscote, Australia Entry Title: "Sea lions, koalas, and new friends" Entry: "Today we went on a tour of the island with a nice man named Tim. He took us to a nature reserve where we saw Glossy Black Cockatoos, which are very rare. There are only 300 left in the whole world and they are all on Kangaroo Island. We saw five of them flying around. The birds have black shiny feathers, with bright orange feathers on their tails. They have a cool crest, and a bunch of feathers around their throats and beaks, so it looks like they have helmets and face mask. Probably one of the reasons they are almost extinct is because they only eat the nuts of sheoak plants and they only eat them with their left feet while turning the nut clockwise. Crazy! During the day we saw lots of wallabies and kangaroos, an echidna, and three koalas - all in the wild! The koalas are the cutest - they were just handing out in the trees right next to the road. They seem to sleep a lot. Tim cooked us an Australian barbi on a farm next to a river - fresh fish and homemade cheese and homemade chips - delicious! I even tried ginger beer, which is not really beer but is spicy on the tongue. After lunch, we went to Seal Bay where we saw lots and lots of endangered sea lions. We had to be careful, because the males are very <b>...</b>
1.38 min. | 0 user rating		 Preview of Guifil01's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor⢠TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Kingscote, Australia Entry Title: "Kangaroo Island!" Entry: "Departures from campsites are soo slow...maybe I am too much in a hurry to see places First stop on our bumpy journey to the west coast through Bay of Shoals and North Coast Road, is beautiful Emu Bay - a white sandy beach. We drove our wicked van in the sand and even ventured into a swim in this amazing setting. And of course, picture and silly times. The North Coast Road continues for nearly 40kms to Stokes Bay. The unsealed, gravel roads, are very rough for our 600000 km, old, tin van... At times you think it is going to break in half and so will our ear drums...but drives marvellously I must admit. Walk through the rocks on the right of the picnic area to discover Stokes Beach. You will find that all that bone shaking was worth the detour. Another (yeah but it doesnt get boring) half moon stretch of white sand topped with a small but regular surf, high enough to have some fun body surfing... The pcinic area overlooks the bay and seemed to me the perfect place to have lunch. Picnic areas are great in Australia, everything you need is there. Why dont we do the same in Euope! Snelling Beach is a smaller but very private beach. I am getting quite jealous of those who own the house on top of the cliff just above the beach. nice <b>...</b>
1.88 min. | 0 user rating		 John from Kangaroo Island shares his vision for South Australia.
0.98 min. | 0 user rating		 Preview of Riyer's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor⢠TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Kingscote, Australia Entry Title: "Kangaroo Island" Entry: "Melbourne (October 19 - 21) On October 19th we flew into Melbourne from Mildura. It was my third trip to Melbourne this year. We mainly came here to see my cousin, Fay, who studies here. This time, however, I skipped the trip to the Great Ocean Road (GOR). Instead of going on the trip with my mom and sister, I hung around the city and checked out a couple of museums. The Immigration museum was pretty unique and most of the stories were very poignant and heart-rending. Although Australia started off as a convict island, voluntary immigration quickly replaced transportation (as a punishment). Australia did have some racist immigration policies though. The "white" Australia policy was created to prevent immigration by non-whites to oz. This policy was initially created to keep the Chinese out during the Australian gold rush. Remarkably, the policy was only repealed in 1975. My next stop was the Melbourne cricket ground (MCG) sports museum. This museum is entirely dedicated to sports, especially Australian sports such as Aussie-rules football, cricket, and tennis. It also has a huge display on the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Kangaroo Island (October 21 - October 23) Kangaroo Island (KI) is a tiny island just off the South Australian coast <b>...</b>
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New round of marine parks plans on show - The Islander Tweet this news
The Islander--A department team was in -Kingscote- last week to hold an “open house” on the proposed marine parks and their various zones. The park, which includes Kangaroo Island, is known as the -south--west region and extends from Shark Bay in WA t - Date : Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:11:02 GMT+00:00
Plan to double KI visitors takes off - Adelaide Now Tweet this news
Adelaide Now--Source: Supplied A MAJOR upgrade of -Kingscote- Airport to handle bigger jets will be proposed today. This proposal is part of a plan to double visitors to Kangaroo Island and make it the jewel in the state's tourism crown. A report fro - Date : Mon, 23 May 2011 14:35:13 GMT+00:00
Oral historian spreads the word on island - The Islander Tweet this news
The Islander--Members of the Oral History Association of -Australia- will come to Kangaroo Island on May 30 to run a workshop on oral history interviews as part of the “About Time: -South Australia's- History Festival”. Kangaroo Island has such a - Date : Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:50:20 GMT+00:00
Leaders offer sympathies to slain soldier's family - ABC Online Tweet this news
ABC Online--Sapper Larcombe was born in -Kingscote-, -South Australia-. The Defence Force says his country upbringing "instilled a wisdom that was respected". He was on his first tour of Afghanistan and has been described as a dependable - Date : Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:29:42 GMT+00:00
Bushfire tears through Kangaroo Island - ABC Online Tweet this news
ABC Online---South Australia's- Country Fire Service says dense scrub is hampering firefighters as they battle a blaze on Kangaroo Island. The fire has burnt more than 100 hectares of grass and scrub near Menzies and Wisanger and is heading in a nort - Date : Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:23:36 GMT+00:00
Statement on behalf of the family of Jamie Larcombe - The Australian Tweet this news
The Australian--JAMIE Ronald Larcombe was born on the 14th September 1989 at -Kingscote- Hospital on Kangaroo Island, -South Australia-. Jamie went to Parndana Area School where he was loved by all his peers. He was a community-minded person who was a CFS - Date : Sun, 20 Feb 2011 07:37:29 GMT+00:00
Kangaroo Island gioca la carta del congressuale - GuidaViaggi Tweet this news
GuidaViaggi--La recente apertura del nuovo centro congressi a -Kingscote-, nel -South Australia-, è una mossa che conferirà all'isola di Kangaroo Island un'immagine ancora ... - Date : Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:21:56 GMT+00:00
Kangaroo Island punta sul congressuale - MConline Tweet this news
MConline---...- dell'Aurora Ozone Hotel Conference Centre a -Kingscote-. John Rau, ministro del turismo dello Stato del -South Australia- ha dichiarato che questa apertura ... - Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:43:06 GMT+00:00



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