Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

The explorer Matthew Flinders named the region in the early 19th century. Now in the early 21st century it’s just as often called
“Yorkes”, or “the peninsula”, and it’s as much of a discovery as it was 200 years ago.

In recent times the improved National Highway One from Adelaide to historic Port Wakefi eld enhanced access to Yorke Peninsula, a little further up and around the corner. Two hours in the car these days does it easier, and safer.

Yorke Peninsula began to reveal its charms to the world and it has been moving forward ever since. In very few places anywhere can you see so many different sights and experience so many different things so close to each other.

That’s partly because of the peninsula’s shape. With the ocean on three sides, it is only 21⁄2 hours’ drive from top to bottom, 25 minutes from coast to coast. You might be travelling through waving fi elds of the world’s fi nest barley, and a few minutes later fl icking a squid jag into a turquoise sea. Try some of South Australia’s best surf, right alongside South Australia’s best coastal national park.

So bottlenose dolphins or western grey kangaroos? Take your pick there. And on we go. Blue swimmer crabs or King George whiting. Beaches or walking trails. Golf or art galleries. Museums or mines.

Blue skies or storm-swept seas. Bays or backroads. Sea eagles or emus. Fishing or skiing. Rolling farmland or native scrub. Ochre cliffs or ocean crags.

Big country towns or little country towns. Crays or oysters. Historic jetties or modern marinas. Samphire or sandhills. Pubs or restaurants. Shipwrecks or sailing. Sunrises or sunsets. You can make your choices, or you can have the lot.

There are plenty of places to relax while you think it over - bed and breakfasts, caravan parks, heritage cottages, farm stays, motels,
luxury apartments and villas. Even a lighthouse on an island.

Yorke Peninsula, “Yorkes”, “the peninsula”, has it all. And yes, there is a winery. It’s here in the middle of Yorke Peninsula,
truly a brilliant blend.

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