Kangaroo Island SA info

We visited recently and elected to camp in the one spot, a private campground called Discovery Lagoon, which is quite close to Kingscote.

We used it as a base to explore the island and whilst the “back-bone” of the road network is bitumen, there are plenty of dirt roads you can travel and access too many of the coastal areas is dirt. We didn’t come across any dirt road that was difficult or, for the most part, that would not be suitable to most vehicles.

We did look at a couple of the camp areas as we moved around, some were better than others, and generally from what we saw, access to vehicle based camping was available (not walk in or bollards). We were glad of our choice of camping venue. But for some, staying in various areas might be more appealing, especially if you are there for a couple of weeks.

As a guide, we covered circa 1,600 kilometres during our week long stay…

Enjoy your trip,

Cheers, Baz – the Landy

Hi Duck


Have a ready of my blogs that I have done on the Island.

The back roads are maintained and the only main corrugated road ( what has been greatly improved to what it was like ) is the end of the Playford Highway that goes to Cape Borda.

The local council have a number of good site where you can camp and the fantastic one at American River even has hot showers.

I always people not to rush the Island and allow at least 2 weeks on the Island, and even then you will miss a lot of the great little out of the way places.


Enjoy on of South Australia's most under rated places to visit.



Cheers



Stephen