Local hikes on Kangaroo Island

We found two hiking trails on the northern side of Kangaroo Island. The first trail, Ema, had a AllTrails rating of 4.6 and was 6 miles long on the coastline. Driving to the trail was simple and we were only 1 of 3 cars in the parking lot.
Later in the walk we talked to some locals and we're told if we see dolphins we should shed our cloths and join them in the water. It seems the Australian dolphins are friendlier than the US Dolphins. We didn't see any, so we didn't have to consider going swimming Aussie style.

What's really cool, near the end of our hike, we met these two local tour guides and they were cleaning plastic and garbage from the beach. They love their island, and this is a truly symbolic of two ladies trying to make a difference.

Leaving Ema we made our way to a Lavender Farm that served food. Along the way, I saw a Koala crossing the road. Backing up the car, Janine found him up in the tree. Not only is it in the wild, but awake. We have been told they sleep 16-18 hours a day, so this was a major Australia find (for us). After a couple pictures we continued our drive to lunch.

Janine found our second location called Stokes Bay: a somewhat hidden but interesting beach walk just the same.

Returning back to our hotel, we checked out the local laundry as all Mark laundry was dirty. J9 on the other hand responsibly washes her laundry each night.

When we were leaving an elderly gentleman using a walker approached us and asked if we knew where his hotel was. It seems he was lost. He showed us his hotel key card --- it appeared he was staying in the same hotel as us. After talking to him for a while we convinced him into letting us drive him home. It seems he ordered a pizza for his wife, walked to pick it up, took a wrong turn out of the pizza place and walked ~3 blocks in the opposite direction. After passing the hotel twice he finally recognized the entrance of the hotel that looked familiar to him and j9 walked him back to his wife. We were so relieved to be able to help him, because it was dark and the streets were empty. Thank God our paths crossed!!

Afterwards we made our way to the same pizza bar "Bella Cafe and Pizza Bar" and were able to place an order right before they were going to close. We found the house Pizza excellent! :)Read more