Thursday, November 27, 2008

Marion Bay

Stenhouse Bay Jetty is almost 100 years old


Yesterday we drove just out of town to Innes National Park. It's not a big park, but it's lovely. We thought we'd spend 3 or 3 hours there, but wound up stopping and starting, walking out along boardwalks and good tracks to look at beaches and lighthouses etc and spent 6 hours doing it. Russ often says the Yorke Peninsula looks like a foot and if it does, we were right out on the toe nails at times. The coast line was quite spectacular in places with big cliffs and long white beaches. There are 40 ship wrecks around the coast and some of them are quite visible.

Chinaman's Hat


The park has three "towns" inside its borders-Stenhouse Bay which has a trading post and tavern and Inneston which is in ruins apart from some restored homes available for hire for short stays. There is a crayfishing fleet which operates from a small fishing village (Pondalowie) within the park too. It's a great place to fish for whiting amongst the moorings according to this CP manager but paying $6 park entry each time to get to it would stick in my throat a bit.

West Cape



We saw lots of emus and chicks as we walked, some very big kangaroos up close, and heaps of lizards, snakes and birds. The park has some lovely wild flowers at the moment too.

Dad and the Kids Inneston


The Old Post Office Inneston


Lake Inneston

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