We then went off to a honey farm and learnt lots about bees and their behaviour. Apparently, it was bees' behaviour that alerted scientists to the Chernobyl disaster! Not liking honey myself, I was rather pleased to find one that was very tasty, I decided that I would try to have a spoonful a day.
It was really interesting watching the bees at work - we even found the queen!
We also visited a cheese farm and tasted the most delicious cheese, my favourite being holumi dry fried with a little lemon juice - yum!
The schedule on KI that had been arranged for us by SAETL was tight. We visited a eucalyptus oil farm in the morning and met an interesting character with controversial views on farming.
In the shop at the eucalyptus farm they had some great little gum nut babies (I made some of these with my class at Christmas). There was also a possum in a little bag hanging on the wall.
We had lunch at Kingscote, where afterwards, we saw a pelican (the white dot in the centre of the picture on the right).
We then saw hundreds of cockatoos flying from tree to tree, making the most enormous racket - an awesome sight! I did try to follow them to get a picture but, as usual, was too slow.
The journey to Kangaroo Island started at silly o'clock. I was picked up at around 4:45am as we had to be at Cape Jervis (about 2.5 hours from Adelaide) for the 8am ferry. The journey down there was amazing; we saw a beautiful sunrise and kangaroos in the wild. I was warned about the ferry being rough but found that it was fine. It takes about an hour to get across to KI.
When we got there, we were introduced to our mode of transport for the weekend - a yellow school bus! The island is usually about 5 degrees cooler than Adelaide which we were quite grateful for as there was no air con on board.
More beautiful sunsets and a stunning sunrise which looks as though there's a massive fire in the background. The sunrise pictures were taking whilst moving so are not the best quality, although the colours can be seen clearly.
Everyone in Adelaide seems to love to dress up for a party. We had a pirate party for a friend's birthday and even invited a 6' friend (centre) to come along. Great fun was had by all and, as you can see, everyone made a huge effort to dress up.
The Adelaide Fringe is the biggest festival in the southern hemisphere. The normally sleepy city comes alive with people attending all sorts of weird and wonderful shows in and around the city,
During the opening ceremony, there is a parade, fireworks and discounted tickets to be had.
The Garden of Unearthly delights offers many weird and wonderful characters including penguins which can't be pleasant in 35 degree heat!
Chinese restaurant to celebrate the Chinese New Year was great fun. The food was delicious, although $12.50 for a bottle of sparkling water did seem a little extreme, it was still another fun evening with laughter.
We also visited a cheese farm and tasted the most delicious cheese, my favourite being holumi dry fried with a little lemon juice - yum! 
In the shop at the eucalyptus farm they had some great little gum nut babies (I made some of these with my class at Christmas). There was also a possum in a little bag hanging on the wall.
We had lunch at Kingscote, where afterwards, we saw a pelican (the white dot in the centre of the picture on the right).
The journey to Kangaroo Island started at silly o'clock. I was picked up at around 4:45am as we had to be at Cape Jervis (about 2.5 hours from Adelaide) for the 8am ferry. The journey down there was amazing; we saw a beautiful sunrise and kangaroos in the wild. I was warned about the ferry being rough but found that it was fine. It takes about an hour to get across to KI. 
More beautiful sunsets and a stunning sunrise which looks as though there's a massive fire in the background. The sunrise pictures were taking whilst moving so are not the best quality, although the colours can be seen clearly.
