Swim and surf secluded beaches, drop a line off a historic jetty or take the wine trail into unspoilt bushland. This is the perfect place to reconnect with nature.
Innes National Park (photo credit: SATC). Map images: Bill Doyle, Christina Vincente, Anneli Welchman and SATC. Red Banks CP Walk in the footsteps of giant marsupials at one of the richest Spencer Jamestown megafauna sites Gulf Port Pirie in Australia.
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Spring Gully CP Burra Wander through Snowtown stands of red Bute stringybarks, Clare wildflowers and orchids. Wallaroo Kadina
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Innes NP Gawler Unwind among Port Rickaby Gulf spectacular coastal landscapes with St Vincent rugged cliffs and sandy beaches. Minlaton Port Vincent Mount Pleasant
Stansbury Corny Point ADELAIDE Point Turton Mannum Yorketown Edithburgh Browns Martindale Hall CP Beach Delve into the lives of SouthMu rAustralia’sray Bridge 19th Marion Bay century gentry. Inneston Stenhouse Bay Troubridge Island CP Travel by boat to hide away in an original lighthouse keeper’s cottage.
Inneston Heritage Village Discover a notable piece of South Australia’s mining history. 74 YORKE PENINSULA AND CLARE VALLEY
It’s a shore thing Innes National Park (photo credit: SATC).
More than 120 bird species find refuge Opening hours Innes National Park 9415ha in the park, along with western grey Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. kangaroos and emus. Common dolphins Innes National Park Visitor Centre open and sea lions can occasionally be seen and 10.30am to 3pm, Wednesday to Sunday during winter months keen observers may and every day during school holidays and glimpse southern right whales from the cliff public holidays (except Christmas Day). Spectacular coastal landscapes, rugged tops at Stenhouse Bay or Cape Spencer. Opening hours may be extended during cliffs and sandy beaches are the world peak holiday periods. famous hallmarks of Innes National Park. Wake to the call of the currawong or Set among almost 10,000 hectares of listen to waves crashing onto the beach Location coastal vegetation, one of the few large at one of the park’s seven different 300km west of Adelaide. areas of significant vegetation on the campgrounds. Stay overnight in one Getting there Yorke Peninsula, Innes offers boundless of several restored miners’ cottages in Access via Pinnaroo to Loxton Rd. opportunities for camping, bushwalking, the historic Inneston village (fees apply). fishing and surfing. To book accommodation at Inneston Contact contact the Innes National Park Visitor (+61 8) 8854 3200 Discover the park’s mining and maritime Centre on (+61 8) 8854 3200. history by exploring the remnants of Inneston, once a booming gypsum-mining Upon entering the park, purchase entry town. Scuba dive the shipwrecks that lay and camping permits from self-registration off the coast of the park on the Investigator stations located adjacent to the Innes Strait Shipwreck Trail. Take on hikes from National Park Visitor Centre and 30-minute strolls to four-hour treks and catch Gym Beach Campground. some of the best coastal views in the state. YORKE PENINSULA AND CLARE VALLEY 75
Martindale Hall Today, the heritage-listed hall and Red Banks surrounding land are open to the public Conservation Park 19ha for self-guided tours. For a memorable Conservation Park 1030ha experience, stay overnight in one of the beautifully furnished guest rooms. Martindale Hall Conservation Park offers Red Banks Conservation Park features Opening hours an intriguing insight into the lives of South a scenic landscape of meandering rugged Martindale Hall Conservation Park is open Australia’s wealthy gentry during the late earth gorges, spring-fed waterholes and 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 1800s and early 1900s. remnant old growth mallee trees. Martindale Hall is open from 11am to Martindale Station was established by 4pm Monday to Friday and 12pm to 4pm Palaeontologists have declared this area the Bowman family as a sheep property. Saturday and Sunday (except Good Friday one of the richest megafauna sites in In 1879, Edmund Bowman Jr built the and Christmas Day). Australia. Up until approximately 65,000 grand Martindale Hall at a cost of £30,000. years ago, Red Banks was home to Location However, Edmund’s extravagant lifestyle, diprotodons, huge marsupials often likened 130km north of Adelaide. combined with the 1880s depression and to giant wombats that weighed between a fall in the price of wool, meant the family Getting there one to two tonnes. was forced to sell the property in 1891. Access via Main North Rd. Take the Landscapes of Change The property was purchased by William Contact interpretative walking trail which passes Mortlock and owned by the Mortlock (+61 8) 8841 3400 through deep red earth gorges and family until 1950. permanent waterholes. You’ll discover what the landscape was like when these
Innes National Park (photo credit: SATC). huge marsupials were alive.
Opening hours Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Location 170km north of Adelaide.
Getting there Access via Barrier Highway.
Contact (+61 8) 8841 3400 76 YORKE PENINSULA AND CLARE VALLEY
Troubridge Island
Conservation Park 259ha
Troubridge Island Conservation Park is a dream location for bird enthusiasts. This fragile sand island is an important breeding
Red Banks Conservation Park (photo credit: Bill Doyle). area for birds and home to a large colony of little penguins, black-faced cormorants and crested terns.
Spring Gully Take in this island’s secluded beauty by Conservation Park 396ha fishing or swimming along the white sandy beaches. Hide away for a few nights in the original lighthouse keeper’s cottage. The heritage-listed cottage accommodation Enjoy the scenic natural landscape of has all the modern conveniences needed Spring Gully Conservation Park, which for an idyllic escape from city life. protects the only stand of red stringybarks As the island protects nesting seabirds, in South Australia. the park is a prohibited area and is The park has a steep, undulating terrain only accessible with a permit or on a that leads into the creek bed of Spring guided tour. Gully. From Blue Gum Lookout take a walk through grassy woodlands to a seasonal Opening hours waterfall that plunges from a height of Access is by permit only, available from 18 metres after rain. Troubridge Island Hideaway and Charter.
Enjoy a picnic or admire the wildflowers Location and orchids that bloom in spring. You may Off the coast of Edithburgh, 229km west even see western grey kangaroos, euros of Adelaide. and common brushtail possums. Getting there The island is only accessible by boat. Opening hours Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Contact (+61 8) 8854 3200 Location 130km north of Adelaide. Accommodation and tours (Troubridge Island Hideaway Getting there and Charter) Access via Main North Rd. (+61 8) 8852 6290
Emu, Innes National Park Contact (photo credit: Elizabeth Campbell). (+61 8) 8841 3400