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Kangaroo Island Maritime Heritage Trail, SA Australia
| Address | Coastal region,
Kingscote
South Australia, 5223, Australia | | Enquiries : | Send an enquiry to Kangaroo Island Maritime Heritage Trail | | Telephone Enquiries : | 08-8204 9245 |
More than 60 shipwrecks around Kangaroo Island have been recorded following official settlement in 1836. Some like the Loch Sloy, Loch Vennachar, Osmanli and You Yangs were both dramatic and tragic. Many, such as the Portland Maru, offer fascinating and rewarding experiences for divers.
A brochure and eight signs comprise the Kangaroo Island Maritime Heritage Trail.
The first European to record Kangaroo Island was Matthew Flinders during his survey in the Investigator in 1802. In 1803 French Captain Nicolas Baudin circumnavigated and charted the whole island.
From 1803 until 1836 the island was home for sealers, whalers and outcasts. Some of the men were notorious for their crimes and cruelties and one visitor described Kangaroo Island at that time as the most vicious place in the British Empire.
For more information on diving and the self drive trail download the Kangaroo Island Maritime Heritage Trail brochure at http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/heritage/pdfs/ki_trail.pdf
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| Activity | Scuba-Diving. | | Entity Facility | Car park. | | Experience | Historic/Heritage, Marine. |
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