We headed up the coast to Port Wakefield before turning South on the Yorke Peninsula. We decided to stay at Minlaton as was central for touring the area and reasonably priced. The drive along the Vincent and Yorke highways was beautiful. Lush green fields meeting the blue ocean. We arrived in Minlaton about lunch time and checked into the local caravan park. The park is family run with large grassy sites. We could have parked a few vans on our site. The owners were very friendly and the caravan park was reasonably priced at $26/night. The amenity blocks were lovely and clean. 4.5 Stars for these ones.
Sandra and I took a quick walk around town after lunch to pickup some groceries. Lovely little town with a very wide main street. We found some interesting lawn art along a side road.
Sunday morning we all hopped in the Jeep to begin our tour of the peninsula. We headed North West towards Port Victoria on the west coast. We took a drive down to the jetty and parked at a garden/lookout. Much of the land around Port Victoria is aboriginal owned.
Our next stop was Maitland which is sort of the commercial centre of the Peninsula although is still quite a small town. No Woolies, Coles, Bunnings etc. Had a bit of a drive through town and checked out the campground at the showground.
From here we headed East to Ardrossan. We had passed by Ardrossan the previous day on our way to Minlaton but wanted a better look. Ardrossan is located along a cliff face which makes for nice photos. We took a walk out the jetty/wharf before we took a quick drive out to Tiddy Widdy Beach. Lastly we drove up to the lookout in an old mine.
We worked our way South from Ardrossan along the coast passing through James Well, Pine Point, Black Point, and Port Julia before arriving in Port Vincent. Black Point had a nice small caravan park overlooking the ocean. Reasonable at only $25/night for a water view site.
We enjoyed a picnic lunch at Port Vincent and a quick drive around the coast area. Port Vincent has a nice caravan park located on the waterfront as well. The girls enjoyed a walk on the beach looking for shells/rocks.
From Port Vincent we continued South to Stansbury. There is a lovely caravan park here located on a point with water on both sides. The Jetty is quite long with a nice memorial park located beside it. There is also a large boat launching/parking area. We chatted with a couple of locals on the Jetty before we made the return trip to Minlaton arriving home after 3PM.
Monday morning we enjoyed a big breakfast before heading out again in the Jeep. This time we headed South West towards Hardwick Bay. Point Turton was our first stop of the day. This is quite a nice little town that wraps around the bay with a nice caravan park located near the Jetty.
From here we followed the coastline around through Point Soutar, The Pines, Galway Beach to Corny Point. We drove out to the Lighthouse and took a walk down to the rocks/beach. The girls did a bit more shell/rock collecting.
From here we explored a couple of lookouts at Berry Bay and Point Annie. A lovely coastline with beautiful blue water.
Marion Bay was our next stop along the South end of the peninsula. We had been told this was one of the prettiest locations along the coast by the locals we met at Stansbury. The weather was a bit overcast while there so was difficult to judge. We think Stansbury or Port Vincent were nicer locations ourselves. We enjoyed our lunch here before heading East along the South coast again. We decided to skip the Innes National Park as we were short on time. Something for our next trip I guess.
We passed through Foul Bay, Sturt Bay, and Port Moorowie before arriving in Edithburgh. Highlights of the trip were Kangaroo Island Lookout and the Wattle Point Wind farm.
On the return trip via Stansbury we stopped to admire some lovely canola fields. Arrived back just before the rain hit which was lucky so Carol could get her laundry off the line. We enjoyed a nice Gluten free Chinese meal at the local restaurant that evening. Lovely meal. This was our first visit to the Yorke Peninsula and we are expecting to make a return trip some day.
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