Day 191 – Port Pirie to Innes NP

We set off in the morning to make our way down to Dhilba Guuranda Innes National Park. Yorke Peninsula is blessed with many a beautiful beach and coastal town and I believe you could easily spend weeks exploring it, especially in summer!

Our first stop for the day was at Moonta Bay, which seemed to have it all – a playground, splash park, caravan park and cafe all on the beach. The girls kept asking to go to the splash park, but the arctic winds made us stay firm on our No.

Instead we walked down to the tip of the really long jetty, it was incredibly windy but also had lovely views out. There were also a couple of cool birds circling around, not sure what they were, but they looked very majestic just gliding through the air.

The stop definitely helped to burn some energy as we had a couple of sleepy heads after that. We stopped again in Minlaton for a quick lunch break and whilst I made wraps for everyone the girls made the most of an almost empty playground. Izzy and Jazzy have taught themselves how to do flips on parallel bars on this trip and are keen to try gymnastics when we get back.

The town also had an old warplane called the Red Devil on display, which was flown by a Minlaton local. It has been very interesting to learn just how much involvement diggers from WA & SA played in the wars.

From there it was onto the home stretch to the national park and we found a lovely spot at Stenhouse Bay, which seemed to be most protected from the wind.

After some meetings, and a bit of homework for the girls we had a good look around Stenhouse beach, got out the hammock, played footy and the parents had a cheeky drink.

It’s been getting dark a lot later, thanks daylight savings, so it’s always a struggle to get the kids to bed early. Instead we decided to go for a walk to the jetty after dinner to see what we could see.
It was a lovely view over the water and Scarly added to her collection with another anchor photo.

As we walked the jetty, Jazzy spotted a pod of dolphins and we watched them swim back and forth. We couldn’t quite make out how many there were, so instead we decided that it was a family of 5 to match ours as we explored the park. It was a lovely evening and a great view as the sun set.