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Yorke Peninusla |
A popular holiday region within easy
driving
distance
from Adelaide. A history of copper mining and Cornish miners who emigrated from Cornwall in England. But the region now is primarily a producer of grain crops,Wheat Barley and the like. Kadina is the major town on the peninsula and was the major copper mining centre. Most of the historic sites and museums focus on the Copper Triangle as the area is called of Kadina - Walleroo-Moonta. The road down the east coast of the peninsula hugs the coastline and passes through a series of small villages sitting on sandy beaches until it reaches the Innes National Park with its fishing, reef diving, some of the best surfing in the world and home to one of our main Lobster fishing fleets. The west coast has fewer townships and the road is more inland than on the coast. Surrounded on three sides by ocean, its coastline embraces long sandy beaches rising to sand dunes or the majestic grandeur of rugged high cliffs and unique rock formations. |
York Peninsula |
