Hi All, just for interest for anyone wanting to travel to this part of the world. We have just returned from 2 weeks down the southern tip of YP. We stopped overnight at a little place called Port Clinton, just a beach shack area. Lovely park across from tidal beach. Friendly managers who wanted to teach me all the fishing skill they had. And a great community club with very cheap meals and drinks by city standards. Then off to Stansbury CP. Nice tidy park with great amenities, located right on beach front. Probably need to book in advance if you want beach front though. It is a fishing town, with one pub and a very tidal beach. So fishing is from jetty or boat, and you can rake for blue crabs at low tide, and. stand on shore and fish for mullet on the incoming tide. We also checked out Pt Vincent CP, which we liked better, due to more grass and shade but wasn't worth moving 20 km. ( next visit). Great coffee and chocolates in Minlaton chocolateria. Amazing in the middle of the farming land. Then moved camp to Marion Bay. Stayed for 6 nights. Friendly park owners who know all the local stuff. Mainly dirt and green mat sites but a lovely ambience about this park. Walk 20 m through to sandy beach which at high tide would be safe for kids, or throw a line in at high tide and catch mullet. Fish and squid off the jetty. Good tavern with nice meals, music Sunday arvo. We drove around the Innes NP, cost $10 per visit, but i am ok with that. Lots of scenic bays beaches, good for walks and fishing. At times we were the only ones on km's long beaches. There is a walk all the way around the peninsula, called wal the yorke, about 500 km long. We walked the sections around where we were staying. Then off to Pt Turton. Great lawned park right on the beach, friendly owners. Another good tavern overlooking coast. You can drive along the northern coast of the foot of the peninsula for isolated beaches or drive out past Corny Point for surf fishing and surfing, all wonderful scenic sites. The inland sections are not what you would call beautiful because it is all flat grazing or cropping farming area, but thats important to economy too. And because most of the scenic stuff is coastal and involves walks and fishing I think it best to visit here in the warmer months. I have posted a couple of pics from our trip. Off to Flinders Ranges soon I think
Good report Steve and sounds like a good trip. Well done. Keep the reports coming as it is always good to read about others travels.
Just a very small thing if I may and I am no expert but any chance of including paragraphs next time as it makes it a lot easier to read. Well for me anyway.
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Good report Steve and sounds like a good trip. Well done. Keep the reports coming as it is always good to read about others travels.
Just a very small thing if I may and I am no expert but any chance of including paragraphs next time as it makes it a lot easier to read. Well for me anyway.
Agreed Doug. A great report, and I too have difficulty without paragraphs!!
Steve we will be on the York peninsula on Wednesday this week, so how timely is your post we will be in Burra tomorrow night , and from there we were heading to port broughton , but we have just discovered what looks like a good freecamp at Alford anyone been at this campsite,it looks like a good one .,for our first stop.
Doug, your starting to sound like rockylizard, chill Doug lifes short. Thanks Steve good report I'll get there one day and because of people like you I'll know what to look for.
-- Edited by BaupleNut on Monday 2nd of May 2016 07:59:01 PM
G'day Ron,
The darling beloved and I spent 4 nights just recently at Alford. Really top spot for a donation camp. Excellent facilities and the community look after it well. It was a school (still obvious) until 2004. You can park on the oval or the old playground area. Good toilets, clothes line and dump point. 17 mms from Kadina and walllaroo.
Unfortunately, the pub and shop are closed and don't look as though they will open again. Interesting town to walk around, takes about 45 minutes.
Make sure you leave a donation in the emu or kangaroo.
Thanks Robert and Jules for your replies thats very helpfull ,we're definitely going there for our first stop,I found it in wikki camps, so if the co-ordinates are wrong ,sounds like we better get there early ,any info on how to find it would be much appreciated.
I hope Iam not being a pain but just one more question ? did you find it a safe spot to leave your Recreation vehicle while you went exploring ...
Regards Ron.
-- Edited by Ron-D on Monday 2nd of May 2016 09:03:04 PM
Makes me want to get cracking on fixing my van brakes & get going again ..... until I see the weather reports for down south. So maybe I'll just procrastinate for a bit & try for just after next spring.
G'day Ron,
Alford is on the Port Broughton to Kadina road. From the port brought on area, the camp is on the left on a cross road intersection. There are not too many cross roads in Alford. We went on several drives from Alford and felt perfectly safe leaving the van there. Just use good safety measures.
Robert
