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Midwinter on the Fleurieu’s southern edge: walking up from Blowhole Beach

Published January 5, 2024 by Pelidoug

Midwinter on the Fleurieu’s southern edge: walking up from Blowhole Beach

 

 

The featured image was taken at 4.19 pm on 20 June 2023.

We were standing on a rocky headland, adjacent to (and southeast of) Blowhole Beach; the photo looks south-southwest, across Backstairs Passage to Kangaroo Island.

With sunset less than an hour away, there was not enough time to “explore” the actual Blowhole Beach, but we were able to potter around the rocky shores immediately east of it, before heading to the 4WD track – our safer uphill option, should darkness fall before we had “conquered” Cobbler Hill.

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Midwinter on the Fleurieu’s southern edge: walking down to Blowhole Beach

Published January 3, 2024 by Pelidoug

Midwinter on the Fleurieu’s southern edge: walking down to Blowhole Beach

 

When I took the featured image it was 4. 03 pm, and we had walked the greater portion of the steep track down from Cobbler Hill to Blowhole Beach.

You can see Blowhole Beach on the right hand side.

Kangaroo Island’s northern edge provided most of the photo’s horizon.

You cannot see a blowhole, because Blowhole Beach has none.

However, over umpteen thousands of years, countless humans have stood on or above this beach and witnessed the “blow” emitted by whales, breathing.

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Midwinter on the Fleurieu’s southern edge (teaser)

Published January 2, 2024 by Pelidoug

Midwinter on the Fleurieu’s southern edge (teaser)

 

The featured image looks across to the Cape Willoughby lighthouse which sits atop Kangaroo Island’s eastern edge.

We were standing on the nearest part of mainland Australia.

Mainland Oz is “our” world’s largest island; and smallest continental landmass.

Relative to the mainland, Tasmania is tiny – less than 1% as big.

Tasmania is, however, by far the biggest other Australian island; it exceeds the next ranked – Melville Island – by more than ten times.

Kangaroo Island is a little smaller than Melville, but much bigger than any other of Australia’s more than eight thousand islands.

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