South Australia and its capital city, Adelaide, have been feeling poor tourism resources for many years, and indeed, compared with Sydney's modern bustling and invincible sea view, Melbourne's petty capital and cultural flavor, South Australia and Adelaide do better represent the essence of Australian culture: Turkey. However, at the end of 2016, the lonely planet (Lonely Planet) ranked South Australia fifth in the world's top 10 places of travel in 2017 and the only region in Australia on the list. Of course, there are also factors in the row to eat fruit, but there is no doubt that South Australia itself must have its own side worthy of recommendation. Otherwise, no matter how senior people are concerned, it will not be the turn of it, just like judging the best places to travel in China. Jiuzhaigou Zhangjiajie Sanya, Hong Kong and Macao Lhasa in turn, the problem is not small; But if the Zuma store comes first, you can't take it.
Well, in the next few articles, Lao Chen, an old driver who has lived in Adelaide for many years, came to give you a lesson in South Australia to see how this dirt-falling place got into the Lonely Planet list.
Lesson 1: (Yorke Peninsula), York Peninsula
Why put York Peninsula first, rather than the more famous ones such as kangaroo island or Barosha, is very simple. We all know what else needs to be introduced, and there is also a very important point, that is, Lao Chen has just returned from the Yorkshire Peninsula. Memories are fresh. Of course, in the last lesson, Chen will also mention kangaroo island and Baroza.
Brief introduction to York Peninsula
OK, let's & # 39; s go, take a look and see where the next York Peninsula is.
The purple square is Adelaide, and across the sea from Adelaide, the pink sock-like one is York Peninsula, and the green island, like a fish, to the south of the sock is kangaroo island. It's strange why the topography of South Australia is so long toward the hieroglyphics. But don't worry about the details, anyway, the York Peninsula is not far from Adelaide, and the nearest port of Arthur, (Port Arthur, is exactly the same name as the famous prison in Tasmania, the port of Arthur. Adelaide is driving 110 kilometers from Adelaide, and (Innes National Park), the farthest national park in Adelaide, is about 290km from Adelaide, the tip of the stockings southwest. As the road from the road is very good, the full drive that is about 3 hours to arrive.
Now that we know where York is, then,
What's funny about York Peninsula?
Answer: everything but prosperity. The permanent population of the entire peninsula is less than 10, 000, and the area of the peninsula is 13000 square kilometres, with an average of less than one person per square kilometer, and out of 10, 000 people, More than 70% of the population is concentrated in the northwest towns of Warlaru (Wallaroo) and Kadina (Kadina), so it is not too much to describe the Yorkshire Peninsula in inaccessible terms, but there is nothing but bustle and noise here.
- On the natural environment, 700 kilometers of coastline makes the peninsula full of beaches, super clear water, water quality far beyond Sydney and Melbourne, can swim, surf and dive, with wild devil fish to swim with you; And the coastline besides the warm beach, the steep mountain cliff also has the ocean road majestic feeling; Inland away from the coastline, in addition to the inland customs of Australia, where the vast expanse of wind blowing grass lowers cattle and sheep, there are also many unique seasonal salt lakes in South Australia, which do not have a drop of water during the dry period, and the riverbed is covered with snow-white, sundried salt. There are even red salt lakes, which are spectacular. Wild animals are another attraction to the Yorkshire Peninsula, where wild kangaroos, emus (pronounced sound: young, Australia-endemic big birds, a bit like ostrich), pelicans and lizards are seen everywhere;
- As for gourmet food, because the population is scarce, there are no particularly high-end restaurants here, but the Yorkshire Peninsula itself is the place where seafood is produced. Look for a restaurant in any small town. The ingredients are taken from the freshest local oysters, shrimp, and so on. Soft shell crab and so on are the specialty here;
- When it comes to activities, there are no songs at all, but to find a hotel is a 360-degree sea view. If you want to camp, every town has a well-equipped RV park, and if you want to be wilder and closer to nature, Go camping in Aines National Park, experience in no water, no electricity, no people in the wild, with the waves, animals and wind, in the sky under the stars to enjoy only their own share of loneliness; In town, you can fish, swim, surf, dive, catch crabs on the beach, play golf on the farm, watch the sunrise and sunset in the trestle and lighthouse, and so on.
Next is the playbook, the time, the route and the accommodation arrangement. Because each person has different tastes, the time that can be arranged is also different, it is impossible that a single line can meet everyone's needs, so I will consider the needs of different people as much as I can. Friends can get their own needs. But in any case, the premise of visiting York Peninsula is self-driving or car charter, public transport is extremely inconvenient, and there are no tour groups to take part in. As for the car, the ordinary 2-drive is fine, the peninsula road condition is good, only a few parts of the need for 4-drive to enter.
There are more than a dozen small towns, large and small, most of which are located on the east-west coast, and most of the towns are very small, with a permanent population of 500 people. The scenery of the small town is good, and the beaches and trestle lanes are all standard matches. But after all, we are here to play, not to inspect, must have a choice, or a small town to visit the aesthetic tiredness, time is not enough. In the map below, I make a list of destinations worth going to, and I will introduce them one by one.
- The small town of (Port Wakefield): in Port Wickfield does not belong to the Yorkshire Peninsula, but on the only way through it, it enters the Peninsula of York. It has no special features. If there is plenty of time, it will be able to take a stroll by the way, and the size of the town is very small;
- Adelosen (Ardrossan): has several coastal towns along the way from Port Wickfield to Adelosen, where beaches are shoals, unsuitable for swimming and diving, but ideal for crabs, and Adroson is the best place to go. Here rich blue crab a big meat fresh, delicious! Catching crabs is extremely simple. When the tide is low, the mud on the shoals is full of crabs. All you need to do is buy a special rake from the local fishing gear store and insert the rake into the hole. When you hit the crab, it will immediately come out of the sand and dance your teeth and claws. It's a defensive gesture, and then it's useless, and then you can throw it into your bucket, which means that the seafood of the evening is down. It is free to catch crabs, and they do not need to be certified. They can be caught when they go to sea. However, we must pay attention to the rules of quantity and size, small crabs cannot be caught, pregnant female crabs cannot be caught, and no one can catch more than a certain number per day, and so on. Please be sure to abide by them. Otherwise, the fine will be light, defendant will go to court, Australians are very serious in this respect, please do not have a fluke heart. In addition, September to April every year is the best month to catch crabs;
- Wool Bay (Wool Bay): a very delicate town, near the trestle road can dive, in addition to the side of the trestle road lime kiln site, in fact nothing special, there are many domestic rural is, but by the way can visit;
- Marion Bay (Marion Bay):, close to the entrance to Aines National Park, is a new town that looks comfortable, has few permanent residents, has a large number of hotels, and most of the houses are bought for vacations or investment rentals. The whole town has only one gas station and small shop, a small coffee shop and a family commissary;
- The main purpose of (Innes National Park): 's visit to York Peninsula is so large that it is 5, 6 kilometers from the entrance to the visitor center, and remember to buy tickets to the visitor center, 10 Australian dollars a car, and 10 yuan if you go camping. The visitor center has a computer for your own online registration, fill in your personal information and enter your credit card number to pay, and do not accept cash. The main attractions of the park see the following figure, not all of them. Anyway, drive in from Marion Bay and drive all the way along the main road. There will be signs on the road. The park is very large, and it will take more than half a day to circle the park. A few reminders that wild animals are most likely to be on their way to (Stenhouse Bay) in Steinhaus Bay, emus and kangaroos are not afraid of people, and the top of the Stanhaus Bay cliff is one of the best places to watch whales. May to November each year is the best time to watch whales, remember to bring good binoculars; And Cape West (West Cape) 's view platform (Lookout) is the best view in the park; If you are driving a four-wheel drive, the Pondalowie Bay in the park is the only place where you can drive into the beach and scatter a field. If you want to camp, there are many camping points in the park, there are toilets, but there is no electricity, electricity and kitchen facilities, if you are ready to camp; When parking to see the scenery, it is possible to see an ant nest on the roadside. The ants here are very large, two or five times larger than the common ones in China. Remember to stay away from them, and do not stand by the side of the nest out of curiosity to look at them. Because they will crazily climb your shoes up your pants into your trouser tubes and continue to climb at a rate you can't imagine, though they don't bite, it's also unforgettable. Don't ask Chen how he knows (- _ -).
- Yorktown (Yorketown): inland town, a larger, full-fledged business, the biggest significance to tourists is a supermarket here! Foodland! There's a supermarket! Say something important three times! If you come all the way from the east coast, see the long-lost supermarket quickly to replenish, and then there is no; And if you're going back from Aines National Park, you can skip it and go straight to the next stop, because there are several big towns behind it that can be replenished;
- The inland town of (Minlaton):, a small inland town rich in barley, is also home to the red devil (Red Devil), an aircraft that has ceased production. About 7 kilometers north of the town, there is an alpaca farm (Alpacas Chaparral, address: 20027 Spencer Hwy, Koolywurtie SA 5575) and has raised more than a hundred immortal beasts. You can have a close contact and sell all kinds of alpaca products at the same time, but there is no food to eat.
- The coastal town of (Port Victoria): in Victoria Bay, which should not be missed, has a clear water quality and a wide variety of underwater organisms. It is a shrine for diving. In the waters of (Wardang Island) Island on the west side of the town, there are eight shipwrecks, which are very suitable for beginners in diving. Local goverment encouraged photography and exploration of shipwrecks, and buoys were placed near five of them: Songvaar-Latitude: 34 °27 / 39; 34.8 "South, longitude: 137o 23 / 39; 15.8" east; SS Investigator, latitudes: 34 °31 / 39; 36.5 "S, 137 °20 / 39; 05.0" east; SS Australian- latitude: 34 °32 / 39; 04.3 "S, longitude: 137 °21 / 39; 15.9" East MacIntyre-latitude: 34 °32 / 39; 04.8 "South, longitude: 137 °21 / 39; 59.0" east; Moorara-latitude: 34 °28 / 39; 40.0 "south, longitude: 137 °23 / 39; 03.0" east;
- The coastal town of (Moonta):, Monta, should not be missed. The plan is very good, the trestle path is very long, there are several very huge cylinders on the edge of the dock, at least 20 stories high, there is something like a transport track that leads directly to the trestle path, and has not been studied. I don't know if it's a brewery or something. The sunrise and sunset on the trestle path are spectacular, take out the camera and shoot hard, and you can see the devil fish swimming around in the sea under the trestle. The beach is busy, there is a free water park in the summer, doll-like children play in it, buy a cup of coffee to sit leisurely for half a day is also a kind of enjoyment. In addition, Monta used to have a developed mining industry, a lot of buildings left behind by mining. For Australia, which is only 200 years old, this is a historic site and needs to be kept on the roster, so there is also a mining museum here. There is a small train next to the museum, which opens every week, three weeks, Saturday, Sunday, adults $8, children $4, sitting on a track and running a circle, the driving old man driving as he explains. Driving to an abandoned station in the middle, visitors will come down and continue to explain for half an hour, about an hour or so. Chen unfortunately sat once and ended up asleep (-).
- The two towns of (Wallaroo), (Kadina):, close to the north of the peninsula, are large towns with a population of thousands, complete with business facilities such as hotel, supermarket, and shops. Voraru is a coastal town, while Kadina is an inland town. Because of the return route, two small towns suggested to choose one to visit, eat a good rest, and then drive about 150 kilometers back to Adelaide.
Alignment design:
The basic routes are Adelaide-> East Coast-> Enes National Park-> Inland-> West Coast-> back to Adelaide. If you take a leisure vacation route, then in addition to routine travel equipment, and then prepare something to eat. Food ingredients and salt sauce vinegar and so on will be fine, peninsula hotels usually take the kitchen, can cook their own; And if it is a camping adventure route, then in addition to the above, there is also a need for a RV or tent, a boiler for cooking, and so on, and so on. There is a common kitchen to provide in the RV park. But the camps in Aines National Park are non-existent and must be taken care of by themselves.
One-day route:
One day for York Peninsula a very difficult task, the best of the Yorkshire Peninsula is in the southwest corner of the Elnes National Park, about 290 kilometers from the city of Adelaide, back and forth is nearly 600 kilometers, even if there is no stop on the road, It takes at least 6, 7 hours on the road. Even if you go out at 8: 00 in the morning, except for rest and dinner, the time left for the park will be 2, 3 hours at most, and the most time you can spend on this trip will be very poor. People are very tired and will not reap much, so if there is only one day, it is not very recommended to come to York Peninsula;
Two-day route:
Day1: Adelaide-> Adroson-> Edisburg-> Marion Bay-> Elnes National Park, Cebu Marion Bay Hotel or Shelter Aines National Park (camping)
Day2: Aines National Park-> Victoria Harbour-> Monta-> Cadina-> Adelaide
Three-day route:
Day1: Adelaide-> Port Wickfield-> Adelosen-> Sheep Bay-> Ediesburg Hotel or Edisburg RV Park (camping, also available from Cabin with bathroom kitchens)
Day2: Edith Fort Marin Bay-> Elnes National Park, Sutherien Bay Hotel or Shelter Aynes National Park (camping)
Day3: Aines National Park-> Minlatton-> Victoria Harbour-> Maitland-> Monta-> Volaru-> Cadina-> Adelaide
accommodation recommendation
Almost every town has a RV park, with a parking space of about A $30 with electricity and electricity. The RV park in Idisburg is the best in the peninsula, the coastal environment is also good, and because Idisburg is in the middle of the journey, the park is one of the best in the peninsula, and because of its location in the middle of the journey, So the three-day route set the first day's foothold in Edisburg; If you want to stay in a hotel, recommend a few special ones:
- Clan Ranald Holiday Units, is located in Idrisburg, not a sea view, very close to the beach, book telephone number (08) 8852 6247;
Marion Bay accommodation:
- Hillocks Ocean Pod, is located about five kilometers east of Marion Bay, up to four people, located at the top of the cliff, with an invincible view of the sea. There is only one room, 150 to 190 Australian dollars / 2 people, plus 20 Australian dollars for each additional person, up to four people, and must be booked in advance. Telephone (08) 8854 4002;
- Osprey Beach House Marion Bay, is not a sea view, but there are 3 bedrooms can live for up to 7 people, as long as 95 Australian dollars a night, many people with ultra-high price-to-price ratio, can be booked on the https://www.homeaway.com.au;
- There are plenty of Marion Bay hotels, but they can't be found on Booking and Agoda. Maybe the place is too small. Those big websites don't like it. Recommend https://www.homeaway.com.au to find and book;
Accommodation in Aines National Park:
- In addition to the campsite, the park also has accommodation, Inneston Heritage Accommodation is very special, there are a total of seven huts, these rooms belong to the goverment, these rooms are abandoned historical buildings, such as post offices, caretakers, concierge, and so on, which are converted from abandoned historical buildings, such as the post office, the caretaker, the concierge, etc. It's expensive, but it's a great experience, between A $135 and A $190 per night, depending on the room, and booking from two nights, Reservation: http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_Park/Browse_by_region/Yorke_Peninsula/innes-national-park/booking/camping-accommodation/inneston-heritage-accommodation?responsive=true
Hotel recommendation
It is also important to come out to play and recommend a few restaurants that are worth a visit:
- Inland Sea Restaurant and Seafoods, address: Inland Sea Restaurant, Yorke Hwy, Warooka SA 5577, located on the way from Edisburg to Marion Bay, is the largest seafood restaurant in the south of the peninsula. The environment is very nice, with a per capita consumption of about 50 Australian dollars and excellent soft shell crabs. Be sure to;
- Barley Chateau (Barley Stacks Wines), address 159 Lizard Park Dr, South Kilkerran SA 5573, on the way from Minlatton to Maitland in the central part, is a warehouse-renovated winery with fine wine, seafood, per capita consumption of about A $30, 10am-5pm daily business;
- B. A. Fisheries, sells fresh and delicious seafood, featuring oysters, with a per capita consumption of about A $25, 23 km north of Idrisburg in the small east coast town of (Stansbury), at 22 Brentwood Road, Stansbury
- Colliver's Providore of Maitland, is located in the town of Metland at 22 Elizabeth Street, Maitland SA 5573, offering seafood and Western cuisine;
- Gill Fisheries, is located in Victoria Harbour town at 12 Main Street, Port Victoria SA 5573, which sells seafood;
Meitu
Finally, put a little picture of the York Peninsula taken by Chen himself.
Sheep wool bay beach cliffs
Jetty and cave sites in Lamomao Bay
The Wild Rooster in the Idictysburg RV Park
In the early morning of Ediesburg
Windmill farm on the edge of Edith Fort, I'd like to be a Don Guidder.
Troubridge Mountain Lighthouse (Troubridge Hill Lighthouse), one person after another lighthouse, time will also condense in the ends of the earth
Dry salt lake, white world
Don't forget to buy tickets here at the tourist center in Aines National Park.
The emus in Aines national park
Chinese hat island
Spencer Cape Lighthouse
Beaches in Aines National Park.
Ethel shipwreck beach
Pondalowie Bay, can drive the car up to the beach.
Inland Sea Restaurant and Seafoods and soft shell cra
Beaches in Victoria Harbour and foreign handsome guys preparing to dive into the sea.
Damidui winery
Seagate Moonta Bay Seaview Restaurant in Monta
Monta Beach and Jetty
Monta Jetty filmed Devil Fish
Monta's little train and old white-haired driver.
The red salt lake on the road from Minlarton to Victoria harbour is spectacula
All right, this is the end of the York Peninsula chapter. Next time, I'll introduce you to the bigger, farther and more fun Al Peninsula, and at the same time give Lao Chen an advertisement. If you need to charter a car in Adelaide, please contact us on WeChat: yanceychen602..
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