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Mundoo Island Station is a privately owned and operated cattle and sheep station which commenced in 1843 – only 7 years after South Australia was proclaimed a colony. Surrounded by the beautiful Coorong water on one side and the fresh water of the River Murray on the other, Mundoo Island is a unique part of South Australia.

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Join Mundoo Island Station and Coorong Tours and enjoy a unique one and a half hour mini-bus tour of a private sheep and cattle station on an island in the Coorong. You will see the Coorong barrages, magnificent birdlife, Mundoo Island Station museum, old car graveyard, hovercraft and learn about the station's history since 1843. Magnificent scenery and myriad birdlife will make your visit to Mundoo Island Station a memorable one. Bird lovers, photographers and artists will love this experience. You can book specific bird watching or photography tours or book a longer time for an artist tour! Self-contained farmstay accommodation is available. Enjoy the peace and serenity of island life overlooking the beautiful Murray mouth and Mundoo Barrage. Also available are self-contained campsites (no facilities) adjacent the Coorong water's edge. Enjoy kayaking, fishing, swimming or simply relaxing with the amazing birdlife and sounds of nature. Come and experience the last farm on the River Murray - where the river meets the sea. Please note: access to Mundoo Island Station is restricted. Tour departure point is 3.5 kilometres along Denver Road, Hindmarsh Island.

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, Mundoo Island, South Australia 5214 Australia

Goolwa, Strathalbyn, Port Elliot, Middleton, Mount Compass, Clayton Bay, Milang, Currency Creek, Ashbourne, Langhorne Creek

Mundoo Island Station and Coorong Tours

Join Mundoo Island Station and Coorong Tours and enjoy a unique one and a half hour mini-bus tour of a private sheep and cattle station on an island in the Coorong.

You will see the Coorong barrages, magnificent birdlife, Mundoo Island Station museum, old car graveyard, hovercraft and learn about the station’s history since 1843.

Magnificent scenery and myriad birdlife will make your visit to Mundoo Island Station a memorable one. Bird lovers, photographers and artists will love this experience.

You can book specific bird watching or photography tours or book a longer time for an artist tour!

Self-contained farmstay accommodation is available. Enjoy the peace and serenity of island life overlooking the beautiful Murray mouth and Mundoo Barrage.

Also available are self-contained campsites (no facilities) adjacent the Coorong water’s edge. Enjoy kayaking, fishing, swimming or simply relaxing with the amazing birdlife and sounds of nature.

Come and experience the last farm on the River Murray – where the river meets the sea.

Please note: access to Mundoo Island Station is restricted. Tour departure point is 3.5 kilometres along Denver Road, Hindmarsh Island.

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CANOE THE COORONG

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Coorong one day kayaking tour.

Embark on a magical one-day, all-inclusive kayak tour of the stunning Coorong and Murray Mouth region! Our tour departs from the end of Mundoo Channel Drive at 9am and concludes at approximately 3:00pm, with approximately three hours of kayak cruising, broken up with plenty of stops to explore the area and savor delicious local food. Morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea are all included in the tour. Experience the beauty of the Coorong and Murray Mouth region in a unique and unforgettable way!

We provide on this tour

All kayaking equipment morning tea picnic lunch afternoon tea bush tucker walk through the dunes the opportunity to walk the iconic murray mouth experienced and knowledgeable guides.

The adventure will be run by Experienced guides to these locations.

9.00 am Depart Mundoo Channel drive, Hindmarsh Island 9.30 Everyone on the water 10.15 Arrive Point Blenkinsop for morning tea 11.45 Arrive at Young Husband Peninsula 12.00 pm Complete dune walk at the beach side 1.00 Finish lunch 1.30 Depart Young Husband Peninsula 2.10 Arrive at Murray Mouth 2.30 Depart Murray Mouth 3.00 pm Arrive at Murray Mouth Lookout*

Coorong tour

14 years and under.

There must be a minimum of 3 people for the tour to commence at above prices

Minimum cost of $390 if less than 3 people

Children under 14 years must be accompanied by a paying supervising adult  during tour.

* There is a short 500m walk between the start and finish locations.

Goolwa to Mundoo Channel Drive

Please note: this is a departure point only.

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Join Mundoo Island Station and Coorong Tours and enjoy a unique one and a half hour mini-bus tour of a private sheep and cattle station on an island in the Coorong. You will see the Coorong barrages, magnificent birdlife, Mundoo Island Station museum, old car graveyard, hovercraft and learn about the station's history since 1843. Magnificent scenery and myriad of birdlife will make your visit to Mundoo Island Station a memorable one. Bird lovers, photographers and artists will love this experience. You can book specific bird watching or photography tours or book a longer time for an artist tour! Self-contained farmstay accommodation for up to four guests is also available. Enjoy the peace and serenity of island life overlooking the beautiful Murray mouth and Mundoo Barrage. Also available are self-contained campsites (no facilities) adjacent the Coorong water's edge. Enjoy kayaking, fishing, swimming or simply relaxing with the amazing birdlife and sounds of nature. Come and experience the last farm on the River Murray - where the river meets the sea. Please note: access to Mundoo Island Station is restricted. Tour departure point is 3.5 kilometres along Denver Road, Hindmarsh Island.

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Mundoo Island Station And Coorong Tours

Join Mundoo Island Station and Coorong Tours and enjoy a unique one and a half hour mini-bus tour of a private sheep and cattle station on an island in the Coorong. You will see the Coorong barrages, magnificent birdlife, Mundoo Island Station museum, old car graveyard, hovercraft and learn about the station's history since 1843. Magnificent scenery and myriad birdlife will make your visit to Mundoo Island Station a memorable one. Bird lovers, photographers and artists will love this experience. You can book specific bird watching or photography tours or book a longer time for an artist tour!Self-contained farmstay accommodation is available. Enjoy the peace and serenity of island life overlooking the beautiful Murray mouth and Mundoo Barrage.Also available are self-contained campsites (no facilities) adjacent the Coorong water's edge. Enjoy kayaking, fishing, swimming or simply relaxing with the amazing birdlife and sounds of nature.Come and experience the last farm on the River Murray - where the river meets the sea.Please note: access to Mundoo Island Station is restricted. Tour departure point is 3.5 kilometres along Denver Road, Hindmarsh Island.

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Fleurieu Peninsula

The Coorong Tour is a relaxing one day all inclusive kayak tour showcasing the Coorong and and the Murray Mouth. The Coorong Tour includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea and is run by highly qualified and experienced Guides. The group departs from the end of Mundoo Channel Drive at 9am and will return to Sugars Beach (Hindmarsh Island) at approximately 3:00pm. The tour will involve about three hours of kayak cruising, broken up with numerous stops and delicious local food. A walk across the sand dunes to the Southern Ocean will allow guests to stretch their legs while their Guide takes you on a ‘bush tucker’ walk. Interpretation of the area’s uniqueness and its current state will be incorporated throughout the tour culminating at the Murray Mouth.

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Address: Mundoo Island via Hindmarsh Island

Postal Address: PO Box 19, Goolwa SA 5214

Contact: Sally Grundy

Phone: 0477 740 722

Email: [email protected]

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Mundoo Island Station is an operating cattle & sheep station and allows small groups of campers onto Mundoo & Ewe Islands for Coorong waterside camping.

No facilities are provided, therefore all campers must be totally self-contained.

Tents, camper trailers and caravans are welcome. Some camp sites require 4WD to access.

Boating access in the Coorong is available at some camp sites – launch sites are unmade and are shallow therefore only small boats can be launched on site.

Larger boats can be launched at the Mundoo Channel boat ramp and motored around to your campsite for the duration of your stay.

Our camp sites only suit those who wish to set up camp and not drive anywhere for the duration, due to access restrictions crossing the barrages on and off Mundoo & Ewe Islands.

Please note that porta pottis are essential as you are not permitted to dig holes for toilet purposes.

Activities that can be enjoyed whilst camping on Mundoo Island Station include

fishing, kayaking, boating, swimming in the Coorong, bird watching, coastal walks, cycling, watching the sun set and relaxing!

A tour of Mundoo Island Station can be arranged if time permits (costs apply - see our tour information tab on our website).

Kayaks and stand-up paddle boards are available for hire - to be booked in advance.

If you have your own kayaks or boat, you can access the beautiful Coorong sand dunes and walk to the Southern Ocean for a swim in the surf.

Fishing directly into Boundary Creek or Mundoo Channel can yield nice catches of mulloway, salmon trout and Coorong mullet. Floundering is fun in Boundary Creek too, but you will need the correct floundering equipment.

We have small wind shelters at some of our camp sites.

The sites are in paddocks and therefore during summer the grass is dry and may be prickly under foot.

No pets are permitted.

Optional area showing adverstising for local businesses

Hindmarsh Island in the Heart of the Spectacular Fleurieu Peninsula

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Located right in the heart of the spectacular Fleurieu Peninsula with its abundance of native birds, wildlife and plants, Hindmarsh Island is a nature lover’s paradise.

Hindmarsh Island (Aboriginal: Kumerangk) is a sacred island in the lower Murray River near the town of Goolwa, This is where the old meets the new, with a monument at the island’s highest point denoting where Captain Charles Sturt and Collet Barker stood when they identified and mapped the Murray Mouth.

Hindmarsh Island is home to the Southern Hemisphere’s largest freshwater marina development, including waterfront residence, a large marina, kayaking, windsurfing, tavern, café, playground, tennis courts and a biking and walking trail. Part of the river-bound island, now connected by a bridge from Goolwa, has been incorporated into Coorong National Park because of its important bird habitats.

In winter, there are whole fields of grazing black swans and in summer there are the Cape Barren geese around the Murray Mouth. From Sugars Beach you can see the mouth of the Murray River – where the river meets the sea.

With so many things to see and do on the Southern Fleurieu, Hindmarsh Island can occasionally be overlooked. This natural wonderland, rich in history, has so much to offer visitors to the area, so we chose a few (well, 9) ideas to get you started!

CANOE THE COORONG

Mundoo channel drive, hindmarsh island.

Canoe the Coorong is an award winning tourism business offering all inclusive kayaking tours as well as self guided kayak hire. We think kayaking it is the best way to explore the waterways and the most enjoyable and sustainable way to see the Coorong. Kayaking allows an intimate experience with the wildlife of the Coorong without impacting the natural ecology.

The Coorong Tour offers participants an all inclusive relaxing day on the water exploring the Coorong and Murray River Mouth region. The tour cruises along at a pace that allows guests to take in the natural wonders and wildlife that the Coorong has to offer, stopping to explore and stretch your legs. Included in this adventure is a Bush tucker walk through the sand dunes, Cockle (Pipi) catching and Cooking lessons. This relaxed 6 hour experience is fully catered with morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.

The Sunset Tour is a lovely 3hr evening experience paddling around the iconic Murray Mouth.  Relax overlooking the Murray Mouth with a sensational picnic of local produce. As you return, marvel at the amazing colour show the Coorong offers as the sun sets for the evening.

Self Guided Kayak Hire : hire a quality double or single touring Kayak and explore the Coorong at your own pace. All kayaking equipment is supplied as well as laminated maps and dry bags to keep your equipment safe. For more information and prices on any of these tours visit their website.

For more information:

Visit: http://canoethecoorong.com/

Phone: 0424 826 008 Email:  [email protected]

STROLL AROUND HINDMARSH ISLAND MARINA

The Marina Hindmarsh Island is the largest freshwater marina in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the largest marinas in single ownership in Australia. TMHI has constructed a harbour for 1200 yachts to moor in safe waters and lagoons for over 1000 waterfront villas each with their own yacht mooring. It has received many awards and accolades over the years including the Australian Marina of the Year award in 2003, and the Urban Development Institute of Australia award for the State’s Best Regional Development in 2003. Take a stroll around and see what all the fuss is about.

Visit: http://coorongquays.com.au

Phone: +61 .8  8555 7300

Email: [email protected]

BIKE RIDING

Encounter bikeway, hindmarsh island.

The Marina Hindmarsh Island is located right on the ever popular Encounter Bikeway which caters for all ages and abilities. It links Hindmarsh Island with Goolwa, Victor Harbor, Middleton and Port Elliot and welcomes cyclists, walkers, skateboarders, rollerbladers and wheelchairs.

Explore some of the gorgeous Hindmarsh Island via bike along the Encounter Bikeway. If you are super keen (and fit, and maybe a litttle bit crazy!), this shared path travels 30 kms from Hindmarsh Island to Victor Harbor, so why not make a day of it? Bikes are available for hire at Boomerang Bicycle Hire   in Goolwa (if you happen to forget yours!)

COORONG CAFE

Sugars beach, hindmarsh island.

If you are feeling a bit peckish during your exploration of Hindmarsh Island and are looking for a casual meal or a tasty snack in an iconic setting, right at the Murray Mouth, there is a great little place called the Coorong Cafe https://www.facebook.com/coorongcafe/ at Sugars Beach. You’ll find fresh, local Coorong Mullet and Mulloway on the menu as well as beef and veggie burgers with delicious, hand-cut chips. The cafe is licensed but you are welcome to bring your own drinks too.

Phone: 0432 375 211

Address: Sugars Beach Carpark, Hindmarsh Island

MUNDOO ISLAND TOURS

Mundoo Island is a privately owned cattle & sheep station in the Coorong. If you’re looking for something a bit different to experience on your holiday to the Southern Fleurieu, you can do just that on Mundoo Island. Enjoy a personalised scenic tour of the operating cattle station in the heart of the Coorong country.

This is a wonderful opportunity for those nature lovers to enjoy the environment, birdlife, fishing, kayaking (available for hire), paddock picnics and Coorong vista. It is a magnificent ecotourism experience!  The tours take you from Hindmarsh Island through the privately owned property across the barrages onto Mundoo and Ewe Islands. There are Historic station tours, bird watching tours and photographic tours available, catering to all tastes and interests.

For more information on the tours and all enquiries,

Visit: www.mundooisland.com.au

Phone: 08 8555 2242 Email: [email protected]

View the Murray Mouth

Murray Mouth is the point at which the River Murray meets the Southern Ocean. Well worth a visit and the beach is perfect for fishing, swimming, bird watching and other water activities! Enjoy the natural, wild beauty of the Coorong. It is a place everyone needs to see at least once in their lifetime!. Access via Goolwa Beach in a 4 Wheel drive vehicle, by boat through the Barrage or by car through Hindmarsh Island at Sugar’s Beach .

Visit the Captain Charles Sturt and Captain Collet Barker Monument.

Randell & monument roads, hindmarsh island.

A monument, erected in 1930, commemorates explorers Captain Charles Sturt and Captain Collet Barker near the site where Sturt first saw the waters of Encounter Bay.

Front Inscription

IN MEMORY OF CHARLES STURT AND COLLET BARKER, CAPTAINS OF THE 39TH REGIMENT, BROTHER OFFICERS, FELLOW EXPLORERS AND FRIENDS. HEREABOUTS, IN FEBRUARY 1830, STURT FIRST SAW THE WATERS OF ENCOUNTER BAY, THUS CROWNING HIS HEROIC VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY DOWN THE MURRAY RIVER. AT THE MURRAY MOUTH IN APRIL 1831, BARKER PERISHED, HAVING COMPLETED STURT`S TASK OF EXPLORATION. DURING WHICH HE DISCOVERED THE PORT ADELAIDE INLET AND FIRST ASCENDED MOUNT LOFTY.

Look for the remnants of times gone by…

For those interested in local history, remnants of a small cheese factory, flour mill, schoolmasters residence and a school can be found on the island. Can you find them?

Photo: Premises of the school and the cheese factory on Hindmarsh Island; May Probert and her dog are in the foreground, photographed on 19 April 1936.

Islanders’ tavern – waterfront bistro & bar, tolarno drive, the marina, hindmarsh island.

While you’re visiting the island, be sure to call into The Islanders’ Tavern.  Sit back and relax on the waterfront deck, enjoying a drink or two. Even better, stay for a meal and choose from the impressive selection of meals they have on offer. There is a playground outside for the little ones and a view to die for.  It is the perfect place to end your day on Hindmarsh Island. For more information or to make a booking,

Visit: https://www.islanderstavern.com.au/

Phone: 08 8555 1122

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Victims of Nazi concentration camps built in British Channel Islands finally being counted

By Holly Williams

April 21, 2024 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News

The names Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Buchenwald are infamous as the scene of atrocities -- concentration camps, run by Adolf Hitler's notorious SS.

But what you may be surprised to learn, as we were, is that two Nazi concentration camps were established on British soil in the Channel Islands, around 80 miles from the British mainland. The islands lie just off the coast of France, became possessions of the English crown around a thousand years ago – and were occupied by Germany for nearly five years during World War II. Even in the United Kingdom many people don't know about the camps -- and as we discovered, exactly what happened there is hotly disputed.

Holly Williams: It's pretty well hidden, isn't it?

Marcus Roberts: Yeah, well, if you--

Holly Williams: It's all overgrown.

Marcus Roberts: If you didn't know how to get here, you wouldn't easily stumble across it.

Marcus Roberts: This was a sort of back entrance…

There's not much left of the Third Reich's Lager Sylt concentration camp… on the windswept island of Alderney -- about three miles long and one and a half wide – nature is gradually swallowing up its crumbling concrete walls. 

Holly Williams: And the camp's up here…--

Marcus Roberts: These take you straight into the-- the camp.

Holly Williams: Wow.

Marcus Roberts is an Oxford-educated amateur historian who runs heritage tours. He's spent years researching this forgotten chapter in British history. 

Marcus Roberts:  So undoubtedly if you wanted to put-- a pin on the map, you could say, "This is where the Holocaust happened on British sovereign territory."

When Germany invaded France in 1940, the British government calculated that the Channel Islands had no strategic value – and gave them up without a fight. Nearly all of the residents of Alderney decided to evacuate before the German troops arrived. On the empty island, the Germans set up two concentration camps – as well as labor camps. They brought in prisoners of war and forced laborers to build giant fortifications that still survive today -- part of Hitler's Atlantic wall to protect against Allied attack. A minority of them were Jewish – others were from Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Spain. 

Holly Williams: I understand this was called the Tunnel of Death?

Marcus Roberts: Yes. It was notorious in the memory of prisoners. On two occasions, they were forced to cram in here in an apparent rehearsal for their own death. 

After the war, in 1945, the British military investigated the camps, and put the death toll on Alderney in the low hundreds. Some of those who lost their lives were buried under this plot of land. But Marcus Roberts and others argue that more than 10,000 must have died on the island – based on controversial calculations about the size of the labor force needed to build the fortifications. Roberts told us it's because he's Jewish that he's determined to count all of the dead. 

Marcus Roberts: There is the-- the Jewish instinct to, you know, leave no one behind

Holly Williams: You're trying to make sure that all the Jewish dead are counted?

Marcus Roberts: Remembered. If you don't remember a life, it's as if they've never lived at all. 

Most academics dispute Roberts' estimate of the death toll, but partly as a result of those disagreements, last year the British government appointed a team of researchers to comb through archives across Europe, and more accurately count the number of prisoners who died on Alderney. Dr. Gilly Carr -- an archaeologist at Cambridge University -- is coordinating the review.

Holly Williams: Why is this just a document search, not a dig?

Gilly Carr: It is likely that some of the people in mass graves were Jewish. And according to Halakha or Jewish law, you cannot disturb the dead. But the second reason is that according to prisoner statements, some people were dumped at sea or thrown off cliffs. What are we going to do? Dig up the entire island? Well, we can't do that.

The researchers are drawing on rich material. The Nazis were meticulous record keepers -- and British archives contain first hand testimonies from survivors.

Holly Williams: Look at this. "We were beaten with everything they could lay their hands on: with sticks, spades, pickaxes." 

Gilly Carr: It sounds absolutely ghastly.

Holly Williams: "On certain days, five to six, up to 10 men died."

Dr. Carr told us there's no evidence that gas chambers were used on Alderney -- but there were summary executions, and the prisoners built the Nazi fortifications on starvation rations.

Holly Williams: Were they taken to Alderney to be worked to death?

Gilly Carr: They were certainly seen as expendable. The aim was to get every ounce of work out of them. And if they died, it didn't matter, and that was kind of perhaps "expected."

Holly Williams: They were disposable human beings.

Gilly Carr: Yes. Yes.

Holly Williams: How did your father end up in Alderney?

At a pub in the Channel Islands, we met Gary Font. His father – Francisco Font – fought on the losing side in the Spanish Civil War, was arrested in France, handed over to the Germans, and sent to a concentration camp on Alderney. Francisco survived, and later married a British woman -- Gary's mother.

Gary Font: He witnessed-- the execution of a young Soviet boy who decided to leave the working detail and to change his footwear. So he started to pick up these paper bags, and wrap them 'round his feet, and then tie them with string. And a SS guard had seen him do this, and walked up to him and-- and shot him-- point-blank range.

Gary told us his father's experiences left him scarred. 

Gary Font: I saw the emotion on his face. Yeah, it's a tough one.

Holly Williams: Do you think that emotion came from-- that he had survived the War in Spain, and survived the camp here?

Gary Font: Yeah, exactly. That was the first time I realized, "Wow, you know, this man has a deep-rooted emotion inside of him that he could never get out."

The British government's effort to get the truth out – by recounting the dead – was commissioned by Lord Pickles – a former cabinet minister and now the U.K.'s envoy for post-Holocaust issues.

Lord Pickles: The figures vary, not by a few hundred, not by a few thousand, by-- by tens of thousands. 

Holly Williams: So it was the controversy that prompted you to commission the review?

Lord Pickles: Yes. It seemed to me that the sensible thing was, "Well, okay. Let's do that-- this in the open. Let's do it fully transparent.

He's also asked the researchers to put names to as many of those killed as they can.

Lord Pickles: If you remember them as individuals, then it's another blow against Hitler. Hitler wanted to eradicate the memory of people.

Holly Williams: So this is kind of an ongoing fight against Hitler and his ideas?

Lord Pickles: Hitler's evil hand still continues to affect-- to affect Europe and to affect the world.

But it's taken nearly 80 years for the British government to re-examine what happened on Alderney -- and to make its report public. The official British investigations in 1945 were classified for decades. And unlike the trials of Nazi officials in Nuremberg -- the British authorities failed to prosecute a single German officer who worked on Alderney – even though many of them ended up in British prisoner of war camps.

Holly Williams: I mean just to be clear, these are possible war criminals. The British government has gathered evidence against-- against them. And they are in British custody.

Gilly Carr: Yes, they are at this point, yes.

Holly Williams: A sort of slam-dunk case?

Gilly Carr: You'd have thought. 

That's led Marcus Roberts and others to claim that the British government tried to cover-up the extent of the atrocities on Alderney. Dr. Carr told us that could be true -- but one key document from the British War Office investigation that may explain why there were no prosecutions is missing.

Gilly Carr: It could have been shredded-- decades ago as part of, "What do we need these files for anymore?

Holly Williams: But could it also have been shredded for more nefarious purposes?

Gilly Carr: I have no idea. In order for me to say there was a cover-up, I want to see the decisions taken. I want to look through those steps and to make up my own mind.

Holly Williams: Why might the British government have tried to cover up or whitewash what happened on Alderney and-- and maybe more broadly, on the Channel Islands?

Gilly Carr: There are some things that-- that happened that might not-- that the British government might not necessarily have wanted a wider audience to know about. 

Those things – once feared too troubling for the broader public – happened on three of the other Channel Islands -- where most residents did not evacuate before the occupation. When the Germans arrived, the locals mostly cooperated – often with little choice. Hitler's portrait was hung outside this cinema on the island of Guernsey. Nazi propaganda showed the British police working for German troops. And British newspapers on the islands printed orders from Berlin.

Holly Williams: This is a British newspaper. And it's got the swastika on top.

Linda Romeril: That's right.

At the official archives on the island of Jersey, Linda Romeril showed us how British officials implemented Nazi policies -- asking Jewish residents to identify themselves, and then confiscating their assets.

Linda Romeril: There was a huge amount of requisitioning of people's houses, people's property during the occupation period.

But some resisted -- risking punishment to paint anti-nazi graffiti, and illegally listening to British news on the radio.

Jenny Lecoat: That's my great aunt Louisa. I suspect that she was probably quite steely.

One member of the resistance was Louisa Gould -- who hid an escaped Russian prisoner in her home for nearly two years. Jenny Lecoat told us when her great aunt Louisa was finally caught, she was sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp in Germany.

Holly Williams: She was killed in a Nazi gas chamber?

Jenny Lecoat: She was gassed to death, yeah.

Holly Williams: After the occupation, did the British government get in touch with your family to talk about what Louisa had done during the occupation, and about her murder by the Nazis?

Jenny Lecoat: The British government, I think, were kind of ashamed. They were horrified it had happened, and they didn't really want to get too involved in what had gone on there.

Holly Williams: Not wanting to talk about the resistance? Or not wanting to talk about the occupation at all?

Jenny Lecoat: Well, it was such a mixed picture. There were people who had resisted the Germans as much as resistance was possible within a tiny, nine-by-five-mile island. And there were also people who'd collaborated. Some people had betrayed their own country. The only possible legislation was treason, which was still a hanging offense. They didn't wanna get into that. That was the confusing, messy, dirty mixed picture of-- of the Channel Islands occupation.

We'll learn more about that messy, dirty history when the British government's review of the death toll at the camps on Alderney is published next month. But it's unlikely to satisfy everyone.

Marcus Roberts: Some kind of-- ap-- apology and, you know, moral recompense would be helpful.

Holly Williams: You-- you want the British government to apologize--

Marcus Roberts: Yeah. I'd like--

Holly Williams: --for not having prosecuted alleged war criminals?

Marcus Roberts: Yeah. So I think it would be appropriate for them to recognize what should have been done, didn't happen.

The horrors carried out on this tiny, remote island are difficult to imagine... the victims were silenced and buried… but now, nearly eight decades later, they're finally being counted.

Produced by Justine Redman and Erin Lyall. Associate producer, Matthew Riley. Broadcast associate, Eliza Costas. Edited by Peter M. Berman.

Holly Williams is a CBS News senior foreign correspondent based in the network's CBS London bureau.

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Kangaroo island: south australia’s paradise for animal lovers.

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Kangaroo Island is also referred to as "Karta Pintingga."

Australia is home to its fair share of fascinating creatures—the frilled lizard, quokka and platypus, to name a few—and when it comes to spotting a massive array of native species in the flesh, few destinations can compare to Kangaroo Island. Located just southwest of Adelaide, this storied site serves as one of South Australia’s crown jewels for ecotourism, with no shortage of protected preserves that play host to all sorts of indigenous flora and fauna. As you plan your next trip to Australia’s southern shore, be sure to save some room on the itinerary for a wildlife-filled foray into the depths of Kangaroo Island.

Spot Native Avifauna on a Birding Excursion

The New Holland honeyeater is a common sight across Kangaroo Island.

Australia’s diversity of landscapes and climates has given rise to a truly incredible array of indigenous avian species, with many of its most striking birds calling Kangaroo Island home—and for those hoping to spot a wealth of these marvelous creatures in the flesh, Bell Bird Tours offers the perfect multi-day voyage. Taking place in both September and November, the four-day Kangaroo Island Birding Tour takes guests deep into the interior of the island, providing visitors with an opportunity to encounter birds like the Cape Barren goose, white-bellied whipbird and tawny-crowned honeyeater—and as an added bonus, seabirds abound across Kangaroo Island’s perimeter, with the flesh-footed shearwater, Wilson's storm petrel and southern royal albatross serving as just a few of the species that might make an appearance.

For those visiting the island outside of September and November, Exceptional Kangaroo Island has been in the tour business since 1986, with multiple curated excursions that highlight the culture and natural beauty of the surrounding region. During a three-day Wild About Birds tour, guests can immerse themselves in the splendor of Kangaroo Island from an entirely-avian perspective, with countless passerines, waders and raptors all appearing throughout the journey. While there’s no shortage of fascinating sites on the itinerary, highlights range from Roper’s Gums—a top spot for scoping out glossy black cockatoos—to Duck Lagoon, a billabong that’s rife with native waterfowl.

Sample Traditional Ligurian Honey at an Island Apiary

There are roughly eight extant honey bee species on the planet.

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Australia is known for sweet treats ranging from fairy bread to Tim Tams, but for those who visit Kangaroo Island, there’s a particularly fascinating confection found in the form of Ligurian honey. This sugary substance is produced in abundance by the Ligurian honey bee, a type of domesticated insect that was first bred in the Italian region of Liguria—and while this particular breed of bee has been wiped out across the globe due to crossbreeding, Kangaroo Island’s isolation from the mainland has allowed the animals to thrive without interference, ultimately establishing the surrounding region as the last bastion of the Ligurian honey bee.

Visitors hoping to sample their honey in person have a wealth of options scattered across the island, with Clifford’s Honey Farm located in the locality of Haines. Upon arrival, guests can kick off their thirty-minute tour with a hearty helping of fresh honey ice cream, then make their way to the property’s polished glass beehive to look for the queen. Post-search, the on-site shop is packed full of honey-based sauces and dressings, while the mead is a top choice for visitors wishing to take a boozy souvenir back to the mainland. Further north, the Kangaroo Island Ligurian Bee Co has been a top spot for honey tasting since 2001, inviting guests to take part in a facility tour that highlights topics spanning from bee conservation to the overall honey-making process.

Discover Endemic Mammals on a Wildlife Tour

The short-beaked echidna is one of the few egg-laying mammal species found on earth today.

Australia is renowned for its spectacular mammalian biodiversity, and Kangaroo Island is no exception. As one might be able to guess from the name, the region is brimming with large mobs of western grey kangaroos, but for those hoping to spot some of the island’s more elusive fauna, the Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is an essential destination. Established in the late ‘90s, this private preserve has acted as a crucial haven for native mammals for decades, with its koalas serving as a particularly popular draw for tourists. Guests can marvel at these endemic animals during a Guided Koala Walk, while the Sunset Nocturnal Adventure Tour is perfect for spotting creatures spanning from the tammar wallaby to the short-beaked echidna.

During daylight hours, the aforementioned Exceptional Kangaroo Island is also a top company for wildlife-focused excursions. For those in search of a single-day tour, the Flinders Chase Focus excursion casts a spotlight on Flinders Chase National Park, a scenic expanse of land that’s rife with short-beaked echidnas, long-nosed fur seals and a wealth of other species. Meanwhile, serious wildlife aficionados can spring for a three-day Conservation Connection tour. In addition to exploring renowned natural sites like Stokes Bay and the Cygnet Valley, this itinerary also offers the opportunity to meet with esteemed wildlife experts for a deep dive on the physiology of Kangaroo Island’s most iconic mammals.

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Mundoo Island Station offers 1.5 hour photography tours on Mundoo Island - from one person up to 21.

Unique photo opportunities are awaiting your discovery.

If your passion is bird and nature photography, landscape or macro photography then you will enjoy the photographic opportunities on Mundoo Island Station.

The abundant birdlife in the Coorong and Murray River provide magnificent bird photographic opportunities.

Macro photographers will love the rustic, twisted wire knots and wood knots in our historic stock yards.

The moss and lichens on the cars in our 'Old Car Graveyard' present wonderful snapshots of unusual textures, designs and patterns.

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Tours are $50 per person (with a minimum of $120) for a 1.5  hour tour.

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