Yorke Peninsula

19th September

We spent 5 days exploring the beautiful beaches and rugged cliffs of the Yorke Peninsula.

Our first few nights were spent at Corny Point with friends from South Australia, who we met on out last trip. It was great that they could show us around.

We spent our first day searching for surf in the area. There was either no swell or it was too big. But we enjoyed seeing all the surf spots and the beautiful scenery along the way.

 

Eventually we headed down to Pondalowie in Innes National Park. It looked promising, but was way bigger than it looked. The shore break was so powerful it just knocked the boys off their feet, and getting out, our mate broke his leg rope. So after trying all day, they still missed out on a surf 😦

But nonetheless, it was still great to catch up with our friends and the boys had a ball hanging out together.

From Corny Point, we moved to Gleeson’s landing for a couple of nights. We had the most magnificent oceanfront campsite, with not another sole around.

The sunsets were beautiful and the stars amazing! We saw some of the best shooting starts we’ve ever seen.

 

The boys also eventually got lucky with the swell. Cam and Drew got to surf Pondalowie and they all had a fun little surf at Berry Beach.

 

Our last night we camped inside Innes National Park and explored all the bays and headlands.

Ethel wreck Beach was my favourite, especially with the colours of the afternoon sun.

 

We also saw some beautiful wildlife during our days down here – in particular, the dolphins and emus…

 

And another beautiful location and sunset back at camp, at Stenhouse Bay for our last night at Yorke’s.

 

Although the weather has been cold and windy a lot of the time, and the boys only had a couple of days when the surf was good, we really liked the Yorke Peninsula and we would definitely come back again!!