Adelaide to Inneston, Dhilba Guuranda–Innes National Park. , South Australia, 13 July 2024.

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We drove up the coast from Adelaide and then down the coast of the Yorke Peninsula, not necessarily on the main roads.

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Rising Sun Hotel, Port Wakefield.

Port Wakefield is a small town with less than 600 population at the top of the St Vincent Gulf.  It was founded in 1848, originally as Port Henry but the name was changed in 1849.  Initially its purpose was to transport copper discovered in surrounding areas but later the focus became the pastoral industry.

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CWA (Country Women’s Association) Building, Port Wakefield.

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I had thought there might be bird photography opportunities at the boardwalk at Port Wakefield, but no.  There were other things to see though.

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We met some of the locals and they were quite welcoming.

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Fishing requires a lot of patience and it’s important not to be distracted.

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Some of them did seem rather undernourished though.  Perhaps life is hard in country towns.

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Unusual to see a werewolf in full daylight.  I don’t think it was even full moon.

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Old farmhouse at the roadside.

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Salt mining perhaps?

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Ardrossan Jetty from Ardrossan Lookout.

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Ospreys on the Coobowie Platform.

Between 2016 and 2018, surveys found no breeding pairs of ospreys which led to remedial measures.  This platform opened in 2023.  It was a community project, the tower built by the local Men’s Shed and lowered into place by helicopter.  The nest was made by local school children using sticks and seaweed.  Other community organisations were also involved.

Within four hours of its completion, a pair of ospreys had taken residence.  The had nested in a Telecom tower in nearby Edithsburgh, which was not so good for either the tower or the birds.  Four eggs were laid in the nest on the tower and at the time of the article I read, the chicks had grown and were all doing well.

There is supposed to be a bird hide.  I didn’t find that, I just took these photos from the shore with a very long telephoto lens.

You probably can’t really see it even if you click on the image for a larger view but there is a catch, perhaps a fish, under the bird sitting on the nest..

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Coobowie Water Tank.

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We’re in Edithburgh now.  We might have gone for a horse ride but couldn’t find the tour operator.

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Troubridge Island Lighthouse with a very long telephoto lens.

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Coastline south of Edithburgh.

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Abandoned rural buildings with Troubridge Island Lighthouse in the far background.

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Weather on the horizon.

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Troubridge Point Lighthouse.

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Coastline with Troubridge Point Lighthouse.

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Port Moorowie Water Tank.

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Kangaroo Island Lookout.

(Kangaroo Island is just visible on the horizon).

We are are on a quiet side road further down the coast though not as far as Inneston, Dhiba Guuranda-Innes National Park and the tip of Yorke Peninsula yet.

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It is becoming late in the afternoon.

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