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rolling hills − but if you're looking for cosmopolitan riches and tourist trappings, you
won't find much to engage you.
That said, far-flung Innes National Park on the peninsula's southern tip is well worth
visiting. The coastline here is gorgeous, with great surf, roaming emus, kangaroos, os-
preys and sea eagles, and southern right whales and dolphins cruising by.
For history buffs, the peninsula's north has a trio of towns called the Copper Triangle:
Moonta (the mine), Wallaroo (the smelter) and Kadina (the service town). Settled by
Cornish miners, this area drove the regional economy following a copper boom in the
early 1860s.
Online, see www.yorkepeninsula.com.au .

T Tours

Adjahdura Land INDIGENOUS
( 0429 367 121; www.adjahdura.com.au ; half-/1-/2-day tours $65/130/320) S Highly re-
garded Aboriginal cultural tours of the peninsula, exploring the incredibly long indigen-
ous association with this country. Three- and five-day tours are also available.

4 Sleeping
There are 15 council-run camp sites ( 0408 170 414, 08-8832 0000; www.yorke.sa.gov.au ;
per night free-$10) around the peninsula. For holiday-house rentals from as little as $90 per
night, try Accommodation on Yorkes ( 08-8852 2000;
www.accommodationonyorkes.com.au ) or Country Getaways ( 08-8832 2623;

www.countrygetaways.info ) .

8 Getting There & Around

BUS

Yorke Peninsula Coaches ( 08-8821 2755; www.ypcoaches.com.au ) Daily buses from
Adelaide to Kadina ($32, 2¼ hours), Wallaroo ($32, 2½ hours) and Moonta ($32, 3
hours), travelling as far south as Yorketown ($48, four hours, daily except Wednesday).

FERRY

SEASA ( 08-8823 0777; www.seasa.com.au ; one-way per adult/child/car $35/10/140) Daily
vehicle ferry between Wallaroo (Yorke Peninsula) and Lucky Bay (Eyre Peninsula) − a