Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
cer turn-off to the ghost-town ruins of
Inneston
, a gypsum-mining community aban-
doned in 1930.
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Sleeping & Eating
o
Marion Bay Motel & Tavern
MOTEL $$$
( 08-8854 4044;
www.marionbaymotel.com.au
; Jetty Rd, Marion Bay; s/d/tr $120/140/160;
)
This place is the highlight of tiny Marion Bay, with a wing of five spiffy motel
rooms out the back (white walls, new TVs, nice linen). The glass-fronted tavern next
door (mains $16 to $32, serving noon to 2pm and 6pm to 8pm) looks out over the bay
and puts a southeast Asian spin on pub standards (try the Vietnamese chicken salad).
Innes National Park
CAMPGROUND, LODGE $
( 08-8854 3200;
www.environment.sa.gov.au
; camping per person/car $5/16, lodges $100-170)
Innes National Park has seven bushy camp sites. Our favourite spot is Pondalowie, or try
Cable Bay for beach access, Surfers for surfing or Browns Beach for fishing. Alternat-
ively, the heritage lodges at Inneston sleep four to 10 people and have showers and cook-
ing facilities. Book ahead through the park visitor centre; BYO drinking water in sum-
mer.
Rhino's Tavern & Innes Park Trading Post
PUB $$$
( 08-8854 4078;
www.rhinostavern.com.au
;
1 Stenhouse Bay Rd, Stenhouse Bay; mains $18-30;
noon-2pm & 6-8pm)
This is a one-stop shop for fuel, bait, groceries and takeaway food,
or kick back with a beer and a pub meal (laksa and ribs!).
EYRE PENINSULA & THE WEST COAST
The vast, straw-coloured triangle of Eyre Peninsula is Australia's big-sky country, and is
considered by galloping gourmands to be the promised land of seafood. Meals out here
rarely transpire without the option of trying the local oysters, tuna and whiting. Sublime
national parks punctuate the coast, along with world-class surf breaks and lazy holiday
towns, thinning out as you head west towards the Great Australian Bight, the Nullarbor
Plain and Western Australia.
Eyre Peninsula's photogenic wild-western flank is an important breeding ground for
southern right whales, Australian sea lions and great white sharks (the scariest scenes of
Jaws
were shot here). There are some memorable opportunities to encounter these sub-
mariners along the way.
