Remarkable Rocks
Flinders Chase National Park
Directions - Located on the south-western part of Kangaroo Island in Flinders Chase National Park, from the brand new visitor centre, head west along Cape du Couedic Road through the Rocky River Campground. Continue along Cape du Couedic Road Road out of the campground, and follow the signs for Remarkable Rocks, turning left onto Boxer Drive and following this until you reach the end, where you will find the car park.
The Hike - Finishing up our first (and not last) day in Flinders Chase National Park, we journeyed the short distance from Cape du Couedic to Remarkable Rocks for our final walk of the day, before making the long drive back to our accommodation in Vivonne Bay. Arriving at a pretty full car park, my expectations were lowered about getting photographs of the rocks without a lot of people wandering into them.
Starting the walk with a light sprinkling of blue sky among the ever increasing cloud cover, it looked like we weren't going to have sunshine for the walk, but you can't win them all. I'm sure the Heath Monitor that was sunbaking on the edge of the path (that I completely missed as I walked past, before being called back by the others) was thinking the same thing. It didn't take long to get our first views of Remarkable Rocks through the low coastal heath, and the recently upgraded trail was full of people heading out to explore these massive boulders. The zig-zagging boardwalk is slightly raised above the surrounding vegetation, giving you a great vantage point to look out for wildflowers and birds. Given the time of year we visited, all I could see was good old Sand Ixoida, but that was complimented with some sweeping ocean views, where the only thing between you and Antarctica is several thousand kilometres of open water.
Arriving at the exposed rock that Remarkable Rocks sits on, there were plenty of people wandering around, but not too many that I couldn't shoot around them. The first thing you notice is the large rock face that seems to have been caused by a giant using a sharp knife. There's more to explore here than you think looking at it from a distance, and it's really good fun weaving in and out of all the nooks and crannies, from the exposed boulders on the western side, to the passages leading through the middle. We all kind of dispersed around the place, meeting up every now and then, and disappearing once again. The popular spot seemed to be the carved out rock that looks like the Yippo's Yawn you get on top of Frenchman Peak or Wave Rock, and I patiently waited in the orderly queue for my chance to photograph it without other people in the shot. Meeting up with everyone for the final time, we all agreed that we'd spend enough time here, and it was a good idea to head back to Vivonne Bay for the afternoon.
Final Thoughts - Not a bad way to finish a relaxing day exploring Flinders Chase National Park.
It's a pretty big risk calling something Remarkable Rocks, but they were as advertised, pretty remarkable.
Hiding a fun "Famous Five" section of passageways, the impressive size of some of the boulders, and an area to just sit on the lichen stained rock to stare out over the water, I enjoyed this spot a lot.
Get out there and experience it!
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