18 November 2013 – Innes National Park

Sadly, we left Moonta and headed further south in hope that this lovely warm weather would follow us – and fortunately it did.  We drove through Minlaton and Warooka and continued all the way to the southern tip of the Yorke Peninsula to Innes National Park.  Upon entering we passed a few emus, the first of many that we would spot.  We found a campground at Stenhouse Bay to set up home and, once again, set about exploring the area.  The thing that we first noticed, and there was no way to miss this, is that there were thousands of flies – they just wouldn’t leave us be (at this point I was wishing we’d bought some of those silly looking fly nets for over your head).  We headed for the nearby jetty and learnt that at the nearby town of Inneston they once mined gypsum and it was subsequently transported from this jetty, ending though in 1974.  Again, the water was stunning (we expect nothing less these days) and inviting… and even though the weather was perfect for a swim we had plenty to still see.  We visited a couple of other places in the N.P. including Cable Bay, the Cape Spencer lighthouse (where we saw a group of dolphins in the clear blue water) and the historic township of Inneston – the kids were not impressed with all the walking at this stage due to the heat and the flies but we pushed them onwards).  We went to Ethel Beach to view the shipwreck of the same name and then to the West Cape Lighthouse which had one of the most gorgeous beaches we’ve seen.  Our last stop was at the nearby boat ramp before we headed back to our fly-free zone in the caravan.  Seeing as though we had no power, we pulled out the Boggle for a few games before settling in to watch a movie, tonight’s pick was Slumdog Millionaire.