Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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West Coast
Fronting Spencer Gulf, the west coast has a string of shallow swimming beaches, plus the
Copper Triangle towns, all a short drive from each other.
Kernewek Lowender
(
www.kernewek.org
)
, aka the Copper Coast Cornish Festival, happens around here in May in
odd-numbered years.
Kadina
POP 4030
Baking-hot, inland Kadina (ka-
dee
-na) has some impressive copper-era civic buildings
and a slew of massive old pubs, car yards and petrol stations. The
Copper Coast Visitor
Information Centre
( 08-8821 2333, 1800 654 991;
www.yorkepeninsula.com.au
; 50 Moonta
Rd; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat & Sun)
is here - the peninsula's main visitor centre.
Behind it is an amazing collection of old farming, mining and domestic bits and pieces at
20; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-3.30pm Sat & Sun)
, which gives an engaging insight into
olden days and ways.
If you're just after a basic, clean place to rest your head,
Kadina Village Motel
(
08-8821 1920;
www.kadinavillagemotel.websyte.com.au
;
28 Port Rd; s/d $80/90;
)
is a retro,
U-shaped joint on the road to Wallaroo.
Wallaroo
POP 3050
Still a major wheat port, Wallaroo is a town on the up: the Eyre Peninsula ferry is running
and the town is full of folks. There's a huge new subdivision north of town, and the shiny
also hosts the nautical
Copper Cove Marina Festival
in October.
A stoic 1865 post office houses the
Heritage & Nautical Museum
(
www.nationaltrust.org.au/sa
;
cnr Jetty Rd & Emu St; adult/child $6/3; 10am-4pm Mon-Fri,
2-4pm Sat & Sun)
, with tales of square-rigged English ships and George the pickled giant
squid.
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Sleeping & Eating
