From the block ...

One of the pleasures of the creek is getting there on foot.

It means walking out of an almost barren block which was long ago eaten out by sheep.

The eastern end of Kangaroo Island was one of the first-developed and quite productive agricultural areas on the Island, though tourism must be one of the big local earners these days. The sheep have been excluded from this particular block for 3 years now, but their work was well maintained by the local macropods until they too were fenced out and a replanting program begun.

This photo was taken in July, three years ago.



There are clumps of low-growing mallee scrub on all sides of the block, and extensive roadside vegetation corridors are a feature of the Island too, which make the walk out of the block and down to the creek a pleasure in itself.