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

Old farmhouse amongst the vines

Packed up and drove some 400km to the Clare Valley to do some serious wine tasting. We have been to a number of wine regions before, but never to the Clare. We drove via Renmark and  Kapunda, much of which follows the flow of the Murray. We were surprised by how fertile the region is with massive distances being cultivated and under vines, grains, fodder Lucerne, hay, citrus, olives and more. All this makes the countryside easy on the eye and a pleasure to drive through. From time to time, when we opened the windows, we were overwhelmed by the fragrant smell of the orange blossoms.  We booked into the caravan park at Clare and settled down for the evening. The park is a bit pricy at $ 39  night for a normal powered site. There is also a minimum of facilities for a place of such size and expense.

Great South Australian stone building

For the next two days we set about exploring the region. I have been familiar with labels like ‘Annie’s Lane’ for many years, but there are many less known labels around. The area is green and beautiful and Clare is a great little town. There are visible remains from a prior German era with some buildings displaying their heritage, see pics. I loved the architecture and the look of the sandstone in the buildings. Everybody knows of Hahndorf, but it is clear that there are many more towns where buildings have a German flavour. We saw this in Blythe where one local church building was marked by the sign ‘Kirche’ (church).There are many lookout points that offer panoramic views from vantage points. Other little villages have arenas for ‘Pony Clubs’ and other rural pursuits. Every now and then one runs across charming old cottages in vineyards.
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Old German Church Building

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Old Farm Building

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