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Kangaroo Island

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Area4405
Locations Great Australian Bight
Population4,259 (2006)
Destinations Flinders Chase National Park
Kingscote
Did you knowThere is an airport on Kangaroo Island at Kingscote.
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About Kangaroo Island


Kangaroo Island lies off the mainland of South Australia, southwest of Adelaide. Over a third of the island is protected in nature reserves, home to native wildlife like sea lions, koalas and diverse bird species. In the west, Flinders Chase National Park is known for penguin colonies and striking coastal rock formations, like the sculpted Remarkable Rocks and the stalactite-covered Admirals Arch.

Australia fires: 113 animal species 'need help'

Australia fires: 113 animal species 'need help'
Feb 16,2020 10:22 am

... These included the Pugh s frog, Blue Mountains water skink and the Kangaroo Island dunnart...

Australia fires: Heavy rains hit blaze-hit regions

Australia fires: Heavy rains hit blaze-hit regions
Feb 16,2020 10:14 am

... fury of Large bushfires continue on Saturday in regions to the South and South-East of the country, including Kangaroo Island - have so far missed out on the rain...

News Daily: Doctors are calling for social media data, and the UK has a £1m coin

News Daily: Doctors are calling for social media data, and the UK has a £1m coin
Feb 16,2020 10:12 am

... apocalypse came to Kangaroo IslandFrom Shaimaa Khalil, BBC NewsKangaroo Island in South Australia has been like a Noah s ark for its unique ecology...

Australia Bush fire crews battle mega blaze in the vicinity of the snow-capped mountains

Australia Bush fire crews battle mega blaze in the vicinity of the snow-capped mountains
Feb 16,2020 9:59 am

... In South Australia the fire inferno fought on Kangaroo Island...

Australia fires: Victoria expanded state of disaster as a threat reinforced

Australia fires: Victoria expanded state of disaster as a threat reinforced
Feb 16,2020 9:57 am

... As elsewhere, would be? In South Australia, authorities are called, the burning for evacuations in the Vivonne Bay - a town on Kangaroo Island is like a fire out of control...

Australia fires: rain brings relief, but huge blazes expected

Australia fires: rain brings relief, but huge blazes expected
Feb 16,2020 9:49 am

... The army said it had sent supplies, personnel and vehicles on Kangaroo Island, off the island in the vicinity of the city of Adelaide in South Australia...

Australia fires: A visual guide to the bushfire crisis

Australia fires: A visual guide to the bushfire crisis
Feb 16,2020 9:47 am

... South Australia has alsohave suffered, been killed Two people, and an estimated 25,000 koalas, as the flames ravaged the Kangaroo Island in South Australia on 9...

Australia fires: Strong winds hamper efforts to control the flames

Australia fires: Strong winds hamper efforts to control the flames
Feb 16,2020 9:46 am

... Fires on Kangaroo Island in South Australia for two people - was killed a well-known pilot by the name of Dick Long and his son, Clayton, after a quarter of the island from a fire-ravaged...

News Daily: Doctors are calling for social media data, and the UK has a £1m coin

Feb 16,2020 9:45 am

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The government is the establishment of an independent regulatory authority for online security. And The Royal College of Psychiatrists wants it. Social Media companies require the possibility of anonymous data on how Young People use the likes of Instagram, Facebook and Twitter "The time for. with the decisiveness of Social Media hold companies account for the escalation of malicious content to vulnerable children and Young People ," says report co-author Dr Bernadka Dubicka. Industry body Tech UK points to existing partnerships, such as, for example, a project with the Samaritans to deepen the understanding of how people with harmful content.

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"apocalypse" came to Kangaroo Island

From Shaimaa Khalil, Bbc News

Kangaroo Island in South Australia has been like a Noah's ark for its unique ecology. But after fierce Bush crack fire through The Island This Week , there are fears that recover it may never be complete. "You see the lights in the distance," says Sam Mitchell , a reminder of The Fire that threatened his home, family, and animals last week. "The Wind is quite fast, the glow becomes brighter And Then you will begin to see, to extinguish The Flames . "

Sam is running the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park and lives there with his wife and 19-month-old son, Connor. When the flame was approached, issued a evacuation warning. Within 20 Minutes , "everyone was gone". But Sam and four others - remained. "You can't move 800 animals, including water Buffalo, ostriches, and cassowaries," he says.

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