 About the area: Contained within approximately 563km of coastline, Yorke Peninsula stretches officially some 241kms, from Cape Spencer in the south through to Port Broughton in the north and separates the Spencer Gulf (to the west) from the St. Vincent Gulf to the east. At its widest (at Arthurton), the Peninsula is only 48km from coast to coast and this narrows to 32km down south. Around 12,000 people live on Yorke Peninsula in 12 main towns and 33 townships.
Rich limestone soils give Yorke Peninsula the reputation of being some of the richest farmland in Australia. Referred to locally as the Barley capital of the World, Yorke Peninsula's grain crops produce in excess of $290 million annually. Tourism is very much a forerunner in Yorke Peninsula's future development and growth. The Peninsula attracts over 600,000 visitors a year, and with a surge in coastal development, every style of holiday is well catered for, from family holiday shacks to caravan parks and 5 star luxury accommodation.
It has been said that there is no such thing as a free lunch - but such is not the case on Yorke Peninsula. Here you can stroll in the shallows to catch blue swimmer crabs by the bucket-load, dive for crayfish and scallops just off-shore, or throw out a line for garfish, tommy ruffs and King George whiting.
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Natural Attractions
- Stenhouse Bay: Innes National Park; Althorpe Islands; Investigator Strait; Gypsum Lake District; Warrenben Conservation Park; Althorpe Islands Conservation Park
- Corny Point: Carribie Conservation Park (15 km south-east)
- Edithburgh: Gulf St Vincent; Troughbridge Island Conservation Park; Marian reef; Edithburgh Native Flora Park
- Stansbury: Lake Sundown; Wool Bay
- Minlaton: Gum flat (contains the only remaining stand of Red Gums on the peninsula)
- Ardrossan: Clinton Conservation Park
- Port Victoria: Wardang Island (one of South Australia's premier dive locations. The island is an Aboriginal reserve, sacred to the Narungga peoples); Goose Island Conservation Park.
- Wallaroo: Bird Islands Conservation Park; Wallaroo Bay; Myponie Point; Wallaroo Flora and Fauna Park
Historic Places
- Stenhouse Bay: Althorpe Island lighthouse (1879) and Lighthouse keeper's cottage; historic ghost town of Inneston
- Corny Point: Corny Point Lighthouse (1882)
- Yorketown: Yorketown motor museum; Yorke Hotel (1876); St. Columbia's Catholic Church (1903).
- Warooka: Warooka Museum; St Brigid's Catholic Church; Warooka Hotel (1877); "The Drain" near Port Turton and Magazine Bay (a 13 km man-made channel dug in the early 1900s to drain swamps in the area).
- Edithburgh: Edithburgh Museum; Troughbridge Hill lighthouse; Edithburgh Cemetery; anchor from the shipwreck Marian (1851); shipwreck Clan Ranald (1907) at the foot of Troughbridge Hill
- Stansbury: Dalrymple House (1878); Stansbury Museum; Police Station (1870s); Stansbury Jetty (1905); Wool Bay Lime Kiln and jetty (1900-1910)
- Port Vincent: Ventnor Hotel (1879)
- Minlaton: Harry Butler Museum and Memorial; Jollys Vintage Tractor and Engine Collection; Gum Flat homestead; Minlaton Museum.
- Ardrossan: Zanoni shipwreck (20 km south east); Ardrossan & District Historical Museum.
- Maitland: St John's Anglican Church (1876); Old Council Chambers (National Trust Museum); St John's Anglican Church (1876).
- Killkerran: Church of St Paul (1902); Pt. Pearce Mission; St John's church (1878)
- Port Victoria: historic jetty (1888); Underwater heritage trail; Maritime Museum; Wardang Island shipwrecks of Aagot (1907), Monarch (1909), Songvaar (1912), SS Australian (1912), SS Investigator (1918), Notre Dame D'Arvor (1920), Macintyre (1927), Moorara (1975)
- Kadina: Harvey's Pumping Station (c.1860); Matta Matta mine manager's house (1863); Kadina Railway Station (1878); Banking & Currency Museum (1874, Bank of South Australia); Church of Christ (1920); Pioneer Cemetery (c.1860); Wallaroo Mine (1860); former Police Residence (c.1900); Harvey's Engine House; Wallaroo Mine Historical Site (1.5 km south-west)
- Moonta: Wheal Hughes Mine site; Town Hall (1885); Bible Christian Church (1873); Moonta Mines State Heritage Area; Moonta Mines Wesley Methodist Church (1865); Moonta Mines Methodist Church (1873); All Saints Anglican Church (1873); Moonta School (1877); Moonta Mines National Trust Museum (1870); Cornish Miner's Cottage (1870); Ryan's Shaft (1861); Taylor's Shaft (1862); Yelta Mine (1861); Elder's Shaft; Moonta Railway Station; Wheal Munta & Tourist Railway; Richman's Concentrating Plant and shaft (1869); Hughes Engine Pumping House (1865); Freemasons Hall (1875); National Bank (1867); Railway Station (1908); Cornwall Hotel and Royal Hotel (1865); Moonta Hotel (1863); former Union Bank (1873); former Bank of SA (c1864). State Heritage Area information
- Wallaroo: Coffee Palace (1908); Waterside Workers Hall (1902); Town Hall (1902); Prince Edward Hotel (1864); Masonic Lodge (1914); Heritage Trail; Cornish miners' cottages; Wallaroo Heritage & Nautical Museum and Lighthouse; Customs House (1862); Yorke Peninsula Rail Preservation Society (Wallaroo to Kadina Railway); Old Post Office (1865); The Assay House (1873); Railway Office (1868); Wallaroo Jetty; Kirribilli House (1862); Court House (1866); Police Station and Residence (1862); The Town Chambers Hall; Weeroona Hotel (1861); Methodist Church (1863); St Marys Anglican Church (1864); Wallaroo Hotel (1862); Hughes chimney stack (1861).
Misc. Attractions
- Stenhouse Bay: Cape Spencer Lighthouse (1974); West Cape Lighthouse
- Edithburgh: Wattle Point wind farm
- Minlaton: Harvest Corner Information & Craft Co-operative
- Ardrossan: Dolomite and Salt mines (BHP Lookout)
- Maitland: Lions Bicycle Adventure Park
Journeys
- Drives: Yorke Peninsula Maritime Trail (shipwrecks Ethel, Hugomont and Ferrett)
- Walks: Moonta Mines Walking Trails
- Tourist Railways: Moonta Mines Tourist Railway
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