With some relief we awoke to find a heavily overcast day, a cool 15 degrees but ..... no wind. So off we went to check out the SE area of Yorke Peninsula. Once again there were no spectacular scenes, although it was a surprise to see a ship loading lime at Klein Point and around 60 wind turbines at Wattle Point. It was the largest wind farm in Australia when constructed in 2005.
Eventually the sun came out which put a new element in the mix and the temperature climbed to 19 degrees - wonderful!
We spent a considerable amount of time on dirt roads as we headed south, hugging the coastline as we went.
There were a lot of limestone cliffs along the coast but they were not very high, say around 10 -15 metres.
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| 021114 Looking south from Mills Gully Lookout |
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| 021114 Adelaide Brighton Cement's lime export facility at Klein Point |
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| 021114 Looking south from Klein Point towards Wool Bay silos |
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| 021114 Silos at Wool Bay |
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| 021114 Well maintained home at Edithburgh Beach |
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| 021114 Wattle Point Wind Farm - about 60 turbines in all |
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| 021114 Looking north to Troubridge Point |
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| 021114 Looking south towards Troubridge Hill and its Lighthouse |
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| 021114 Lighthouse on Troubridge Hill at Suicide Point |
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| 021114 Looking north from Troubridge Hill |
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| 021114 Looking west from Troubridge hill |
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| 021114 Harvesting near McEachen's Beach |
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| 021114 McEachen's Beach |
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| 021114 A pink lake near Yorketown |
Flowering gums have been prolific on this Peninsula and red colours have dominated. It was good to see a cream one today.
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021114 Cream flowering gum
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We completed a quiet but enjoyable day with a late lunch at a Yorketown pub.
Our visit to Yorke Peninsula is now complete, so tomorrow we head north towards the head of St Vincent Gulf.
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