EASTER AT INNES NATIONAL PARK

As you may have gathered, we had no signal at camp so this is one blog for Easter spent at Innes National Park at the foot of the Yorke Peninsula.

We camped in Caravan Site 3 in the Pondalowie Campground. The significance is that the park was fully booked and the Rangers dropped in soon after we arrived to check that we were the right people in the right site. We were.

 

 

We were in walking distance of some spectacular bays although I gather that, to catch any fish, you have to have a boat and head out wide. The few people we saw fishing from the beach didn't catch anything. I came prepared for fishing but saw nothing to get excited about.

 

Not far from where we camped is the “Pondalowie Surf Break”. We saw several seals so I would expect that, apart from surfers in the water, there would also be some Great Whites. Hopefully the two won't meet.

 

 

The coastal scenery is spectacular and we have done all the scenic walks. As National Parks go, this one is well worth a visit.

Part of the park was a gypsum mine from the late 19^th century until the 1970's and it contains a lot of heritage buildings and infrastructure relating to the mining operation and plaster manufacturing plant which used to be here. One of the less exciting remnants of that era is what is described as a heritage rubbish dump perched at the top of one of the cliffs When the rubbish accumulated to an unacceptable level, it was simply pushed over the edge to the ocean below.

 

 

This is the southern most point of our trip. From here we start heading north again to be in Adelaide for the National Tourism Awards on Friday night after which we hightail it for home. Back to the real world.

 

 

 

This is being posted from a very gloomy Stansbury where we are having lunch on Monday. The weather has deteriorated significantly in that it is wet, windy and the maximum temperature today is expected to be 15 degrees. Fortunately the weather over Easter was sunny and calm although cool by Qld standards.