Instant Reader Report
on Kangaroo Island Diving Safaris / Ozone Seafront Hotel in
Australia / Kangaroo Island on
2002/06
by
John Crossley , CA, USA
Report Number 020911001709912

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Kangaroo Island Diving Safaris, South Australia
June, 2002
Dive Trip Report by John Crossley, Fresno, CA.

Kangaroo Island was great!  The big attraction for divers is to see the
beautiful and unique Leafy Sea Dragons, but there is so much more to do on
Kangaroo Island. It is a large island off the south coast of Australia,
with a few small towns, but mostly it is a natural area, with lots of
opportunities to see Kangaroos, Koalas, and Sea Lions up close in the
wild. To get to Kangaroo Island, take a small plane flight from Adelaide,
or save money by taking a bus from Adelaide to Cape Jervis to catch a high
speed ferry. We stayed in Kingscote, at the Ozone Seafront Hotel, which was
moderate in price, but very nice and with a good restaurant.

Local tour companies with vans know the best spots to go to see wildlife,
but you could probably see much of the wildlife on your own in a rental
car if you get good directions. We also visited the Parndana Wildlife
Park, a preserve that had all the island animals.  We could hand feed the
kangaroos, and some of them would hang around just to be petted after they
had eaten their fill. 

We dove with Kangaroo Island Diving Safaris, operated by Jim and Josie
Thiselton, who know the waters of Kangaroo Island extremely well.  We had
booked two days of diving on their catamaran, but the weather blew us
totally out of action one day.  On the second day the water outside the
bay was still too rough so we stayed right there and dove under and around
the large Kingscote Wharf. It was a great “muck dive” site where we found
many types of crabs, two cuttlefish, sponges, yellow cup corals, and
several types of unique nudibranchs and juvenile fish. On our second dive,
Jim found two Leafy Sea Dragons, one of which was fairly large at about 10
inches long. With its multiple green leafy appendages, this was the most
beautiful critter I’ve ever seen in the sea.  Although the water was
really cold (51 degrees) and the air temp was only about 55, we found the
“Leafys” and had a great time. 

 

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