Yorketown, South Australia

Ratings: CP *** Surroundings **

Peaceful rural surrounds of Yorketown depicted in a colourful painting on corrugated iron in Centenary Garden. Yorketown is a small rural community at the southern end of Yorke Peninsula. The surrounding landscape is dotted with farms and small inland salt lakes, some of which are still mined.

This spoon laden wind chime attracted my attention outside the Community Shop in this old Masonic Hall, built in 1910.

Circles in the rocks discovered on a walk during a day trip to Marion Bay, a popular holiday destination at the tip of the Peninsula

Time for lunch at this cafe where we enjoyed a welcome coffee and light lunch. Choice was limited due to the voracious appetites of the Easter Weekend visitors who had left the day before!

Port Vincent, South Australia

Ratings: CP **** Surroundings *****

Hopeful fisherman glide into Gulf St Vincent in the pink morning light....

Pelicans and silver gulls greet returning fishermen during the afternoon and wait patiently for fishy morsels to be thrown to them.

My own little beach at low tide in the Gulf St Vincent.

Setting free an undersized King George Whiting caught from the rocks....

.....while content sea lions have an afternoon nap!

View from cliffs overlooking our car, the bay at low tide and our caravan park in the distance. The tidal range can be between 6 and 9 feet and at low tide, crabbing enthusiasts venture across the muddy flats avoiding being cut by the prehistoric looking razor fish.

Balaklava, South Australia

Mats washed and lavender watered on a hot day in rural Balaklava away from the coastal crowds during this South Australian long weekend.

Discovered this beautiful mural on a day trip to Port Wakefield,..... Yorke Peninsula is our next destination before heading west.

Port Elliot, South Australia

Ratings: CP **** Surroundings ****

Granite rocks worn smooth by the pounding ocean near Crockery Bay, Port Elliot on the Fleurieu Peninsula.

Magnificent Clydesdale horse draws this antique tram along a tramway between Victor Harbor and Granite Island. The tramway was established in 1894 to take produce to and from a jetty on Granite Island where larger ships would dock. Tours at dusk allow opportunities to see the fairy penguins.

 The causeway linking Victor Harbor with Granite Island crosses Encounter Bay.

A sweeping bridge connecting the residential island of Hindmarsh with Goolwa. The construction of the bridge remains controversial. A group of Ngarrindjeri women elders claimed that the site was sacred to them in 1994 and this became known as "Secret Women's Business". It resulted in a number of court cases and differing findings. Opinion relating to this issue remains divided.

Mouth of the mighty Murray River! We have followed most of the course of this river during our travels. Dredging is seen as one of the necessary interventions to keep the river mouth open and improve the health of the river. The dredger can be seen to the left of this photograph.

Strathalbyn, South Australia

Ratings: CP ** Surroundings **

 The Murray River at Tailem Bend

Strathalbyn in the early morning

Meningie, South Australia

Ratings: CP *** Surroundings ***

Evening and the everchanging colours and moods of Lake Albert in the Coorong with its abundance of birdlife . It is a shallow fresh water lake, 25 kilometres long, between 7 and 14 kilometres wide with an average depth of 1.5 metres. It was named after Queen Victoria's consort, Prince Albert. Coorong is derived from the Aboriginal word 'Karangh' meaning 'narrow neck'. The Coorong stretches 150 kilometres from the mouth of the River Murray near Goolwa to  just beyond Salt Creek and is the breeding ground for a variety of waterbirds.

Swallows

Sunset from our site

Robe, South Australia

Rating: CP ** Surroundings ***

The Obelisk at Cape Dombey was erected in 1852 to guide mariners into Guichen Bay. It was believed to be painted with the red and white stripes to be clearly seen from 20 kilometres out to sea.

Doorway Rock...the waters and winds of the Southern Ocean have eroded parts of the limestone coast sculpturing the seascape. The Little Dip Conservation Park, just south of Robe was set aside to protect the rugged Southern Ocean coastline, a large area of coastal dune systems, part of the Lake Eliza foreshore and a number of small inland lakes. Large numbers of Aboriginal people lived in this area thousands of years ago with the sea providing plenty of food such as shellfish.... the discarded remains forming 'middens' or shell heaps are reminders of the past.

Lest we forget. A poignant reminder of Gallipoli.

Robe has a seafaring history dating back to 1847 when it was declared a port. There are over 84 historic buildings and sites with many of the original buildings restored. This quaint cornerstone cottage with a splash of red against the limestone caught my eye!