Harvey’s Return hike

1.5km return hike down to the beach - half of it is very steep, so we were often crawling up the rocks. The Harveys Return Hike fol­lows the orig­i­nal route used by light­keep­ers from near­by Cape Bor­da.

Originally there was no road linking Cape Borda to the rest of Kangaroo Island and all supplies had to be hauled up from ships via a steep steel railway at Harvey's Return then taken to the lighthouse every three months.Read more