Regional Exress Airlines (REX Airlines) fly daily to Kingscote Airport from Adelaide Airport and can be booked on line.

Alternatively, book your car onto the Kangaroo Island Ferry, Sealink, departing the port of Cape Jervis, which is around a 1.5 hours drive south of Adelaide. (110 kms) and arrives at the port of Penneshaw on the Island.

It's normally less than 1.5 hours driving from Adelaide to the ferry terminal at Cape Jervis. Then a 45 minute crossing on the Sealink Ferry.

Flying takes about 30 minutes from Adelaide Airport through REX Airlines.

Kangaroo Island has four distinct seasons.

The winters between June and September are mild and wet, the summers are warm and dry.

Tempered by the ocean, particularly on the coastline, maximum temperatures in summer can reach 40 degrees Celsius with the average around 30 degrees.

 Average temperatures in August range between 13 to 16 degrees and in February, the hottest month, between 20 and 40 degrees.

Between May and September the island receives 2/3 of its annual rainfall, varying from 450 mm in Kingscote to around 900 mm near Roo Lagoon on the top of the central plateau. The wettest month is July. [25]

Average Annual Temperature: 14 - 22 °C
Average January Temperature: 20 - 32 °C
Average July Temperature: 10 - 18 °C

Traveller Magazine - Dec 2010

Best beach for surfing?
The [local surfers] are going to kill me but D’Estrees Bay. On a howling north westerly has to be the best surf break in South Australia, if not the entire country.

Fishing?
Little Hanson Bay.

Little kids?
Emu Bay or the rock pool at Stokes Beach.

A nude frolic?
Western River Cove beach. There are loads of tall cliffs for shelter and a gentle swell rolls past.

Romantic bottle of bubbles?
A stroll on Pennigton Bay.

To rub shoulders with the wealthy?
Island Beach for sure: it’s millionaire’s row.

·                       Visitors must notify the Kangaroo Island Council if they are bringing a dog or cat to the island. This is per Council By-Laws 5 (dogs) and 6 (cats). To notify the council, simply call Customer Services on 8553 4500.