Kingscote Photo: Kingscote
Kingscote is the largest town on Kangaroo island, and the first European settlement was founded here in 1836. Today the population is about 1800 people. In the first place is a tourist, administrative and communication centre of the island. There is a school, a modern hospital, a large supermarket, post office and administration building. Of particular interest is the pool, covered at high tide. You should pay attention to the building of the hotel "Aurora Ozone Seafront" with a statue of a mermaid: it was opened in 1907 and today is a local landmark.

The history of development and settlement of Kangaroo island in General and Kingscote in particular can be found in the local Museum "House of Hope" (Hope Cottage). This house was among the first three buildings, built in about 1850, together with the "House of Faith" and "House of Mercy" ("House of Faith" was subsequently destroyed).

In Kingscote you can see the old mulberry tree, planted in the year of the founding of the city in 1836, and is still bearing fruit. Also worth a visit to the local dairy and the cheese-producing products made from sheep milk, and the latter in South Australia plant proizvodstvochemicals oil.

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