Kangaroo Island for the New Year
Kangaroo Island kangaroos
We finished 2008 and stated 2009 with a visit to Kangaroo Island. Australia’s third largest island (after the mainland that is) lies south of Adelaide in the state of South Australia. It’s big (seven times as large as Singapore Island) and lightly populated (there are 1000 times as many Singaporeans as Kangaroo Islanders). So with 4500 or so people across 4500 square km it’s a long way from crowded.
What it does have is lots of wildlife, some wild scenery and a very stylish (if wildly expensive) new place to stay. Read more. 
Looking out from the Southern Ocean Lodge
Once while Travelling: The Lonely Planet Story