There's nothing like leading a group of essentially self-reliant Gold Qualifying Duke of Edinburgh students on a bushwalk. Okay, so you have to look after them, but it's a lot nicer doing it from a distance, rather than having to walk with them all the time.
Kids can be so noisy, and they forget to stop and look around now and then.
It's a short ride on the ferry across to KI, even if it is a good drive to get to it from Adelaide in the old school bus. After that, the worst bit is having to drive on KI's dirt roads. There are the worst. The next morning, it's a short drive to Cape Borda to fill up on water, as the west coast of KI is not known for its flowing streams, and then back in the bus to drive to the start of the Ravine des Casoars , so named because the sound of cassowaries were mistakenly heard there by its discoverers. Walking further south, the scenery continues as before - spectacular.