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Yorke Peninsula

Ethel Beach.

The Yorke Peninsula, South Australia's best-kept holiday secret

The Yorke Peninsula has always been a favourite getaway for South Australians, yet has remained off the radar to interstate visitors. They don't know what they've been missing.

  • by Kerry van der Jagt
Views along the South Australian coastline on the Yorke Peninsula, with two women on walking trail

Yorke Peninsula, South Australia travel guide: A spectacular, forgotten place

I realise I'm entering a place of great beauty; stretched out below, jagged cliffs underscored by white beaches.

  • by Andrew Bain
Warooka, SA

Warooka, South Australia: Travel guide and things to do

Warooka (including Corny Point and Point Turton) is the last major township on Yorke Peninsula

Yorketown, SA

Yorketown, South Australia: Travel guide and things to do

Yorketown is a major service town on the southern tip of the Yorke Peninsula

The ?iron shed? Port Victoria Museum.

Grain waves

<b>Bruce Elder</b> gets a lesson in Yorke Peninsula's maritime history that is all but forgotten.

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Treasure with a copper tinge

Carol West skirts a coastline heavy with metal and memories.

The jetty at Edithburgh

Edithburgh - Places to See

<b>Edithburgh (including Coobowie)</b> <br> <b>Delightful holiday town which was once an important port.</b> <br> Edithburgh is located 233 km west of Adelaide via the Princes Highway and 255 km south of Port Pirie, is one of the major holiday destinations on the Yorke Peninsula. It is an ideal fishing, swimming and scuba diving destination and the town is characterised by a substantial number of impressive historic buildings.

Looking down the main street in Kadina

Kadina - Places to See

<b>Kadina</b> <br> <b>Historic copper mining full of interesting buildings and ruins.</b> <br> Located 150 km north-west of Adelaide and 44 m above sea level, Kadina is the largest town on the Yorke Peninsula.

The Moonta Railway Station

Moonta - Places to See

<b>Moonta (including Port Hughes and Moonta Bay)</b> <br> <b>Historically significant copper town</b> <br> Located 165 km northwest of Adelaide and 20 m above sea level, Moonta promotes itself as 'Australia&#185;s Little Cornwall'. It is part of the region known as the 'Copper Triangle' which includes the towns of <a href="SAKadina.shtml">Kadina</a> and <a href= "SAWallaroo.shtml">Wallaroo</a>.

The beach at Stansbury 26km east of Minlaton

Minlaton - Places to See

<b>Minlaton (including Brentwood and Port Rickaby)</b> <br> <b>Small rural service centre located on the Yorke Peninsula.</b> <br> Located 197 km west of Adelaide and 88 m above sea level, Minlaton is a service centre on the Yorke Peninsula. Appropriately it is surrounded by sheep and wheat farms. The town has a wide main street with an interesting median strip with lots of trees growing in it.