Fire & Smoke

Kangaroo Island


Sun going down, waiting for the ferry, getting hungry and eaten all your supplies? Duck into gaudy, Americana-themed Fire & Smoke for some pasta, ribs, a steak or a schnitzel, a look at the Elvis/Marilyn photos on the wall, and maybe a nip from the huge bottle of Jim Beam on the counter. Culturally incongruous, certainly, but perennially busy nonetheless.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Kangaroo Island attractions

1. Kangaroo Island Farmers Market

0.11 MILES

Has baked goods, chutneys, seafood, olive oil, honey, eggs, cheese, yoghurt and of course wine and dodgy buskers (including, once, a certain Lonely Planet…

2. Penneshaw Maritime & Folk Museum

0.41 MILES

Inside a 1922 stone school house, this salty museum displays artefacts from local shipwrecks and early white settlement (check out those girthsome…

3. Frenchman's Rock

0.53 MILES

When intrepid French explorer Nicholas Baudin surveyed the KI coast in 1803, he came ashore at what's now Penneshaw for a look around. He left his mark:…

4. Browns Beach

6.98 MILES

A lovely protected beach, around 14km southwest of Penneshaw en route to American River and Kingscote. Good for a quick dip.

5. Island Beach

9.54 MILES

Loong beach between Penneshaw and American River, backed by rows of fancy beach houses. Go for a wander and see what's washed in on the tide.

6. US Schooner Independence

10.56 MILES

In a big tin boatshed near the American River jetty, the timber ribs of the new US Schooner Independence are slowly starting to resemble a hull. A…

7. Cape Willoughby Lightstation

13.88 MILES

About 28km southeast of Penneshaw (via an unsealed road) on a treeless headland, this tidy white turret started shining out in 1852 (SA's first lighthouse…

8. Hope Cottage Museum

17.74 MILES

Built on the hill in 1859, this cottage is now a fastidiously maintained National Trust museum decked out in period style, with a reconstructed Masonic…