Yorke Peninsula, SA.
During our time living in South Australia, we never heard much about the Yorke Peninsula but we were keen to check it out this trip. We are convinced the locals are trying to keep it a secret because it is such an untouched beauty. A quiet farming district with stunning coast lines, abundant wildlife and a strong history. We didn't want to miss any part of the Peninsula, and on a tight timeline due to our upcoming Tasmania adventure, we decided to drive the whole peninsula stopping for 1 night at each camp.
Our first stop was Moonta. We stayed at the RV camp in town and walked through the township admring all the old stone buildings. We found a fun little playground and then walked home just as the rain started. But with rain, comes the rainbows.
Our next stop was Gravel Bay - it took some courage to attempt this campspot but it was definitely worth it. A beautiful little bay and we only had the dolphins to share it with.
We visited Corny Point, which was a very cute little town again, and the Corny Point Lighthouse. The history of this lighthouse proves the area is very angerous. Over the years of it being an inhabited lighthouse, multiple children who lived there drowned, and even one of the lighthouse keepers drowned aswell. It's also quite windy, with the area known for its horizontal pines - where the locals plants pine trees, but they eneded up drowing sideways due to the wind.
The next day we went to Marion Bay, which is the little town at the very bottom of the Peninsula. There is a gem of a caravan park there. Very modern and clean, and catering for everyone, with walking distance to the jetty, big playground with jumping pillow and giant chess set, and a fish cleaning station. The camp kitchen was rivalling the best we have been to. A BIG stove and oven, big table to eat at, big TV.
Saul went fishing on the jetty, which Kylie and the kids had a cook up in the kitchen and watched ABC kids. We made choc chips muffins and spaghetti bolagnese. We were excited to watch Bluey and Aunty Vic's favourite show, Escape to the Castle. While we had fun relaxing on the couches at the camp kitchen that felt like home, Saul was busy catching 7 squid on the jetty.
The caravan park shares a fence with the Innes National Park. We spent a morning exploring the National Park complete with lighthouses, campgrounds, shipwrecks, a millions stairs to reach the beaches, and lots of stumpy tail lizards. Saul spotted a lizard stuck in the fence, so we had stop and rescue him
We had lunch at the historic township of Innes and learnt about the gypsum industry and how they used to harvest the rock and the ship it to Adelaide for the building industsry. A by-product of the gypsum is chalk and this little shed was the chalk factory for all the school chalk in Australia up to the 1980s. We walked around the shed and you can still see remnants of chalk on the ground.
We then started travelling north again up the other side of the Peninsula - Wool Bay was our next stop to check out the jetty which Pop tells us is great for squid fishing. We met some locals on the Jetty who had 23 squid in their bucket mid-morning. So Saul and Zara decided to head back here later that night after we had set up camp.
The jetty is next to the old Lime Kiln. We walked up and explored this grand structure and were in awe of the ingenuity and determination of the pioneers of this country. Again, the end product of this industry was shipped to Adelaide for the building industry.
We set up camp at the local recreation reserve at Julia Bay - the aim of the afternoon was to stay out of the ice wind. Saul and Zara did well at the Wool Bay jetty and caught 7 squid.
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