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Kangaroo Island's Remarkable Rocks are sculpted boulders of which rock?

Answer: Granite

Remarkable Rocks are granite boulders 500 million years in the making, sculpted by wind and water.

Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island

Orange lichen covers the rocks, which look precariously balanced. Nearby Admirals Arch frames a colony of long-nosed fur seals. From mid-May to late October, watch the ocean for migrating whales.

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