Into the Yorke

stevie — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:17:48 +0000

We left Clare for the Yorke Peninsula. The distance was only 180km. The first town we intended staying at was just ok so we went on and ended up at Point Turton. This is a charming place with a modern boat slipway and many new buildings. It is situated at the ankle of the Yorke Peninsula leg and foot, at Hardwick Bay. It is a gem of a town and we are relaxing here. The caravan park is situated in an abandoned quarry. It has been done up beautifully with grassy sites and is protected from the wind on the southwest due to the cliff side of the quarry which has been re-vegetated. These days it looks like an oasis in the landscape.

Point Turton Caravan Park

Point Turton Tavern

Point Turton boat launch

Seascape

The following day we explored the foot of the Yorke Peninsula. We drove to Corny Point in the west and from there 5km along a good gravel road to the Corny Point lighthouse. It is in a great position at the north-west of the foot. There is a good swell running and in contrast to the flat bay it has a reasonable depth of water and rocks. There should be some good rock fishing to be had.

Dune flowers above the sea at Corny Point

Old Schoolhouse from the 1850s

Seascape at Corny Point

We then drove through a number of great little towns like Marion Bay, Yorktown, Edithburgh, Stansbury and Port Vincent, all of them charming. Back at Point Turton I did some fishing on the pier and ended up with some squid that I have frozen and will use as bait for some fishing later in this trip.

Point Turton Pier

Steves Outback Adventures » Boat launch

Into the Yorke