Yorke Peninsula
We spent Christmas eve through to the New Year on the Yorke Peninsula. We
planned to stay at Tigara Rocks Beach over this period as we thought it
would be really busy and it was but not booked out every where. We
found what we thought was a delightfully secluded spot with only 3 camp
sites and we had the third. The site itself was nestled in between two
little hillocks and so wasn't very level which we found out in no
uncertain terms.
We
were in the bed being vigorous when the trailer fell off its jack and
rolled down the hill away. A little offputting to say the least.
It was a beautiful area so we went
exploring and when we returned we had another camper parked 5 feet away
from us. The cheek, and quite unnecessary. So we moved down the coast to
Innes National Park. Found a great spot protected from the wind, right on the beach so it was a blessing in disguise.
The
Innes National Park is amazing and we stayed 5 days using it as a base
for the surrounding area. Every morning and evening we walked down the
path to what we considered our private beach and had a cool refreshing
swim, very refreshing. The beach faced west and so was protected from
both the southerly sea breeze and the northerly wind. The water was
crystal clear and even managed to entice Lesley out for a snorkel
jorkel.So it must have been specky.
At the heel of the peninsula is
a wind farm. 55 wind tubines each producing 1.5 MW . It saves 300,000
tonnes of CO2 each year and has a life span of 25 years. Believe
me down, there there would hardly be one moment when they were out of
wind. Interestingly I started to feel a bit nauseous which was
probably caused by the low frequency rumble they produce. So they need
to be situated a bit away from civilisation.
Anyway here are the photos
As usual Click to make bigger
or
Right click photo and choose open in new window