Wytch Nomads ?: The Yorke Peninsula

A fair few kms travelled since our last update. We left Wilpena Pound on Monday 8/4 after a great couple of days – beautiful scenery, great weather – if you ever get the chance to spend time in that part of the world – do it!!!!! Spent the next couple of days in Port Augusta. I wouldn’t recommend it as a holiday destination but we did get a new back window fitted so all good. It also gave us the chance to get rid of some more red dust from the truck, trailer and ourselves.

Headed for the Yorke Peninsula on Thursday 11/4 and spent the night in a beachside caravan park in Moonta – now that is definitely a holiday destination. Beautiful old stone cottages, lots of history and very proud of their Cornish heritage – lots of Cornish miners came there when copper was discovered over 100 years ago. They hold the biggest Cornish festival in the world there every two years – we’re going to head back that way for a better look.

On the way to Innes National Park we passed through the biggest wheat and barley fields I’ve ever seen. We camped at the Pandalowie Campground for 3 nights. Beautiful spot, not crowded and good fishing spots close by. Michael caught a snapper big enough to feed us both for dinner one night and I almost caught a squid several times but it kept spitting the hook out!!! I have never seen dark like the nights there – no moon, cloud cover and no ambient light. It was like being blindfolded.

Arrived in Stansbury Monday 15 April and booked into a Caravan Park right on the beach. It was nice to have a hot shower after 3 days of bush camping. Lots of fishing to be done off the beach – mainly Tommies and mullet – we might have a go over the next couple of days. We’re here til Friday and then to Wallaroo which is back on the west coast of the Yorke Peninsula.