South Australia: island and outback

Where evolution plays outlandish games in a small space

Young Australian sea lion on the beach, head turned to one side.
Young Australian sea lion on the beach, head turned to one side.

Adelaide is green, friendly and manageable – and then the other Australia begins. On Kangaroo Island an egg-laying mammal waddles through the leaves, and above the outback a Cessna reveals two salt lakes of a scale nobody thinks possible.

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WideOyster Magazine – Online travel & adventure magazine
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Text & photos: Malte Clavin

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