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those girthsome millstones!), plus endearingly geeky models of Flinders'
Investigator
and Baudin's
Geographe
.
Cape Willoughby Lightstation
LIGHTHOUSE
OFFLINE MAP
(
www.environment.sa.gov.au
;
Cape Willoughby Rd; tours adult/child/family $14.50/9/38; tours
11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm)
About 28km southeast of Penneshaw (unsealed road),
this lighthouse first shone in 1852 and is now used as a weather station. Lots of ship-
wreck info, plus basic cottage accommodation (doubles from $170; book through the
DEWNR).
Kangaroo Island Farmers Market
MARKET
(
www.goodfoodkangarooisland.com/tastingki/farmersmarket.asp
;
Lloyd Collins Reserve, French-
mans Tce, Penneshaw; 9am-1pm 1st Sun of the month)
Baked goods, chutneys, seafood,
olive oil, honey, eggs, cheese, yoghurt...and of course wine! Sealink (
Click here
)
some-
times offers dedicated passenger-only return tickets from the mainland if you'd just like
to visit the market for the day.
Sunset Winery
WINERY
OFFLINE MAP
(
www.sunset-wines.com.au
;
Penneshaw-Kingscote Rd; 11am-5pm)
Wow, what a view! If you
can make it up the steep driveway, Sunset has brilliant sauvignon blanc and sparkling
shiraz, and serves savoury platters to go with the panorama.
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Sleeping & Eating
Antechamber Bay Ecocabins
CABINS $$$
OFFLINE MAP
( 08-8553 1557;
www.kiecocabins.com
; 142 Creek Bay Rd, Antechamber Bay; d from $140, extra
adult/child $10/free)
S
Off Cape Willoughby Rd, these two eight-bed cabins are run by a
couple of IT industry runaways. On 22 hectares behind the dunes, the cabins are rudi-
mentary but perfectly comfortable, with roofless showers, self-composting toilets, and
solar power and hot water. Kayaks and fishing gear available.
Kangaroo Island YHA
HOSTEL $
( 08-8553 1344;
www.yha.com.au
;
33 Middle Tce, Penneshaw; dm $35, d without/with bathroom
$75/110, f $220;
)
Occupying an old '60s motel with faux-brick cladding, the is-