Wilmington |
Wilmington Heritage Trail |
National Bank as shown on Heritage Trail display |
We continued on as we had chosen to stay on the coast at "The Gap" which is about 15 kilometres north of Balgowan. This is an isolated west coast beach and we were surprised to find five other groups already camping there when we arrived. We parked the van amongst the sand dunes and settled in. There was a short walk up the dunes to the beach. The area is popular with fishermen and we watched some guys 4wdriving on the sand. We stayed a couple of days and enjoyed the solitude of the area although we were joined by other campers the next day.
Port Broughton |
Camping at The Gap, Yorke Peninsula |
The crab collectors |
The blue swimmer crabs after they have been cooked |
Sorting out the shell from the meat |
We eventually got to Innes National Park just after lunch - there is a 25 km road through the park with tracks and roads into the various bays. We stopped off at most of them and also walked into the Inneston historic village. This village was a lively small town until the beginning of the Great Depression in 1930. The majority of the buildings are now just ruins but there are a group of volunteers who have commenced renovating some of the buildings back to their original condition. There are two lighthouses on points of the cape and we walked out to the Cape Spencer Lighthouse and could see West Cape Lighthouse from another point but the day was getting late so we didn't walk out to it.
The weather has been much cooler over the last week and today we had a few short showers. We are not used to temperatures of around 20 deg. We will pack up here tomorrow (Saturday) and commence the trip of 320 kms back to Port Augusta ready to have the car serviced on Monday and leave the caravan in storage there on Tuesday.
The beach at The Gap |
View from the sand dune by the caravan |
Walking the sand dunes |
The rocky shore at The Gap |
Isolated west coast beach Yorke Peninsula |
View from sand dune by caravan at the Gap |
BHP mine Ardrossan |
Grain facility Ardrossan |
Looking towards Ardrossan |
Ship loading at Ardrossan |
The old lime kiln Wool Bay |
Loading grain at Edithburgh |
Another boat waiting |
A grain facility at Edithburgh |
Wattle Point wind far |
View from lookout at Marion Bay |
Innes National Park |
Stenhouse Bay jetty |
The cliffs from Cape Spencer |
Cliffs to the east of Cape Spencer |
Cape Spencer Lighthouse |
Driving in Innes National Park |
Renovated cottage in Inneston village |
Original chalk factory |
The renovated Post Office |
The beach at Ethel Wreck |
View from west cape |
Three islands on left called North Island, Middle Island and South Island |
Pondolowie Bay |
Near Pondolowie fishing village |
Pondolowie fishing village in the distance |
And in case you care our site at Stansbury |
Not too many out fishing/crabbing today - Stansbury beach |
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