We have been on the York Peninsula for approximatly 6 weeks.
1st we stayed a the Port Hughes Caravan Park, a well layed out and excellent facilities however we were there when the weather was the pits wind and rain with only a few days of sunshine, the biggest annoyance was the condition ofthe roads around the Copper Coast in particular Moonta and Pt Hughes where the roads were terrible.
We left the Copper Coast and went to Minlaton in the Southern York Peninsula.
Minlaton was choosen because it is located in the middle of the pernisula, initally we booked into the Minlaton Caravan Park for 2 weeks and ended up staying a month, the hosts Cheryl and Frank, are very friendly and do a fantastic job keeping the park very clean and the grassy sites neat and tidy. The town provides a good range of services and shopping, the IGA supermarket procides a carry to car service, the Bakery makes a bloody good pie and beautiful bread and pastries, the local pub provides a diverse menu from goodaussie fare to Indian anb Chinese.
We will return again to the home of the Red Devil Minlaton.
We depart tomorrow for Gladstone SA
Recently spent 5 days at Wallaroo. Wind and rain drove us nuts but what a lovely area. So green. If it wasn't a crop it was a golf course. And the greens are actually black. Sand mixed with sump oil I was told so it didn't blow away. Not sure if that was true or if someone was taking the p*** out of me.
The Copper Triangle really is a nice area to visit, sadly this past winter has been unusually wet, windy and cold, best times up here are spring, summer and autumn.
Re the black greens on golf courses (they are called scrapes) it's a water/upkeep thing, many country courses in SA have them, greens are notoriously expensive to maintain and the ongoing requirement for watering and cutting makes the cost prohibitive.
The surface of the scrape is sump oil mixed with sand, on top of an impermeable ground cloth to protect the environment.
Sand scapes seem to be the norm outside major towns. Yorke Peninsula is the first time I have seen black scrapes. They looked quite stunning contrast to the lush green background.
