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KANGAROO ISLAND
KANGAROO ISLAND
With over five hundred kilometers of coastline there is heaps to see and do on Kangaroo Island. Many people find a week is not long enough to spend here. We recommend the following businesses for your visit.
Recommended Accommodation at the Western End of Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island Wilderness Retreat
The retreat works in harmony with its surroundings through a unique mix of eco-friendly features, exclusive guest facilities, pristine accommodation and a superb licensed restaurant. The heart of the retreat is the courtyard where friendly wallabies, possums and echidnas frolic with guests in the bushland garden.
Recommended Escape for Couples at the Western End of Kangaroo Island
Wilderness Valley Studio Accommodation
The inspiration behind Wilderness Valley is nature. This finds expression in environmentally sensitive design features including passive-solar orientation, rainwater self-sufficiency, solar and wind power, and fully native gardens.
These features add to the quality of the Wilderness Valley experience and provide the satisfaction of knowing that your choice of accommodation supports sustainable development on Kangaroo Island.
Great Accommodation at Emu Bay
Searenity Holiday Accommodation
Searenity Holiday Home is located in idyllic Emu Bay, home of the "Long White Beach", on the North Coast of Kangaroo Island. This recently built, contemporary, self contained, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom holiday home is ideal for couples or families and provides everything needed for a comfortable and relaxing stay.
Searenity offers panoramic sea views from the living area and deck and only a short walk to the beach.
Eucalyptus Oil Distillery and Products
Emu Ridge Eucalyptus and Rookery Wines Cellar Door
Emu Ridge Eucalyptus provides a craft gallery retail area for over 40 local artists and craftspeople. They make over 100 locally produced souvenirs and market a range of other Australian essential and fragrance oils. They also operate the cellar door for the range of premium Kangaroo Island Rookery Wines.
Emu Ridge has around 45,000 visitors per year. Guided tours of the distillery have proved to be exceedingly popular. Bus groups now visit regularly with visitors from all over the world. People come to experience the heart and soul of the Australian 'spirit'.
Marron Farm and Winery
Andermel Marron, Two Wheeler Creek Wines and The Marron Café
Andermel farm the large and succulent fresh water crayfish known as marron. Visitors can see the marron up close in the holding shed with their life cycle and the operational aspects of a modern marron farm also presented in an interesting and educational way. The best bit follows with their destination being the tables of the Marron Café or distribution outlets to restaurants and cafes on the mainland.
The Two Wheeler Creek Wines vineyard has traditional varieties with cabernet sauvignon and shiraz reds being planted in 1999 and the chardonnay and sauvignon blanc whites planted in 2003. There are approximately 1.6 Ha (4 ac) of cabernet, 3.2 Ha (8 ac ) of shiraz, 1.8 Ha (4.5 ac) of chardonnay and 1.4 Ha (3.5 ac) of sauvignon blanc.