Finally we made it to Cape du Couedic in the south west corner of the extensive Flinders Chase National Park, to stay overnight in one of the lighthouse cottages. There were no grand views like Cape Willoughby as the cottages were settled amongst the bushes as protection from the biting south easterly wind.

Gary Sauer-Thompson, Suzanne, Karatta Lodge, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, 2007

This was a mass tourist area due to the colony of New Zealand Fur Seals, Admiralty Arch and Remarkable Rocks. It was impossible to escape from being a tourist. We were bang in the middle of it.

Gary Sauer-Thompson, Malaleuca, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, 2007

Then a quick scoot down to Remarkable Rocks just like all the other tourists we'd seen on the road that day to take a photo before the light went:

Gary Sauer-Thompson, Remarkable Rocks, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, 2007

The hope was that the cloud cover would break and the sun would come out and lighten up the scene, just liek the picture postcards that we'd seen being sold in the tourist shops in Kingscote:

Gary Sauer-Thompson, Remarkable Rocks 1, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, 2007

It was not to be. I had to make do with the colour.

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