Aerial view of cliffs of Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

Surf fishermen on the beach at Hanson Bay, Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area, south coast of Kangaroo Island.

The Cape du Couedic lighthouse is silhouetted against orange-rimmed mauve sky at sunse at Flinders Chase NP, Kangaroo Island, SA.

Bright blue “Snake Lagoon” site just behind the beach, at the mouth of Rocky River, Flinders Chase NP, Kangaroo Island.

Stand of sugar gums in mist on Kangaroo Island.

Red Banks, Nepean Bay south of Kingscote, Kangaroo Island off SA.

Australian fur seals playfully interact.

An aerial view of sheep and lone white horse grazing in Cygnet River Valley, Kangaroo Island.

A melaleuca tree creeps along the limestone headland at Shellgrit Beach, Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. More than one third of the island is covered by national and conservation parks.

Roadkill campaigners Tim and Trish Leeuwenburg measure a dead 1m Rosenberg’s or heath goanna (Varanus rosenbergii) on the Cape Couedic Rd in Flinders Chase NP, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. With more than 160km of roads on the island, KI has an daily average of one roadkill per 3.7km, a significant mortality rate on the wildlife-rich island, especially for nationally threatened species like Rosenberg’s goanna, for which KI is an important refuge.

A Rosenberg’s goanna or heath monitor (Varanus rosenbergi), scavenges a carcass of road-killed Tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) on Kangaroo Island.

Spiky, lichen-covered coastal rocks at King George Beach, north coast of Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Sunrise at a pier at Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

Grasstree (Xanthorrhoea semiplana tateana) and sugar gums (Eucalyptus cladocalyx) dot the landscape in this post-bushfire regrowth area near Western River, north central coast, Kangaroo Island.

An Eastern grey kangaroo drinks from the Murray River in the evening sunlight on Katarapko island, south of Berri SA.

The primary attraction at Seal Bay Conservation Park, on the south coast of Kangaroo Island, is the Australian Sea-lion (Neophoca cinerea). The park was proclaimed in 1972 to help in the protection of the Australian Sea-lion and its natural habitat and it is one of Kangaroo Island’s most popular tourist attractions.

An aerial view along sweep of Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, SA, towards Remarkable Rocks.

Two giant lichen-covered rocks, known as the Remarkable Rocks, have unusual positions due to weathering processes on Kangaroo Island.

At sunset, pink streaks of cloud light the sky to create a mauve sea at – Cape du Couedic, Flinders Chase NP, Kangaroo Island, SA.