'Riverview Cottage' is situated near American River overlooking the Pelican Lagoon Marine Sanctuary - just a short stroll to the water.

It is a 5 minute drive from American River township and 15-30 minutes from Prospect Hill and Pennington Bay on Kangaroo Island's wild and unspoiled south coast.

There's room for the children to play in the fully-fenced area. Enjoy cooking your meals outside on the wood barbeque or relax on the veranda and enjoy the views of the water through the cottage garden. Take an energetic walk on the path along Pelican Lagoon starting from the Cottage.

Do some serious bird-watching, identify the native plants or observe the nocturnal birds and animals such as fairy penguins, possums, kangaroos and wallabies by the light of a torch. You may spot a pod of dolphin in the lagoon.

Identification books are available in our library.

Watch the next door neighbours muster their sheep into the sheep-yards.

Climb the hill behind the cottage to see the sun rise over Pelican Lagoon and American Bay or take a Kangaroo Island wine in your hand and listen to the waterbirds 'communicating' with each other as the evening shadows fall.

You can write letters to home at the writing desk on the stationery provided.

In American River you'll find a small supermarket and bottle shop, a wharf and boat ramp, a shop selling fresh oysters and two restaurants.

Diesel and petrol are available. You will be only twenty minutes from the beautiful swimming beaches of the north and the wild waves of the south coast.

Thirty minutes drive in either direction will take you to the other two main towns, Penneshaw and Kingscote.

You can take a Penguin tour (see the Island's Fairy Penguins in their natural habitat), an educational aquarium tour at the KI Marine Centre, sip wine from the many local wineries or taste organic honey made by ligurian bees from different flowers at 'Island Beehive'.

You can even book a fishing tour for the day and catch your own whiting. An interesting 2 hour drive will take you past Seal Bay, Vivonne Bay and Hanson Bay to Flinders Chase National Park at the western end of the island.

There are several good restaurants and café's in the townships of Penneshaw and Kingscote, dotted along the north coast and at Flinders Chase.