Drive an hour south to Victor Harbor between May and October and you have a chance of seeing migrating whales. Sometimes they’re so close you can watch them from the shore as they “breach” and “spy-hop”.

Go north into the outback for desert animals. See big wedge-tailed eagles, emus, lizards and rare yellow-footed rock wallabies. The ancient red ranges of the Flinders Ranges are a spectacular natural refuge for wildlife.

Make a short crossing to beautiful Kangaroo Island. This gorgeous natural island; a place of cliffs, beaches, bushland and rolling pastures, is perhaps the best place in Australia to see native Australian animals in the wild. See koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, echidnas and duck-billed platypus. There are sea lions (you can walk among them on Seal Bay), dolphins and fur seals and an incredible variety of birds.

South Australia is an ideal destination for bird-watchers; home to a number of rare species. In summer, the wetlands of the Coorong National Park, a huge strip of towering sand dunes, with salt water on one side and fresh water on the other, are visited by a quarter of Australia’s wading birds.