Jetty Tour Day 20 - Innes NP to Point Turton

One last look at the coastline of
Innes NP

Our move was well timed, even by sunrise, when the gusts were picking up and the darker clouds were banging up against each other with menace.

On the road by 8:00am and leaving a campground with only one other couple, we were also getting first use of the roadway which traverses the park. The sun was making sporadic appearances and piercing the gloom for brief moments with splashes of yellow on cliff faces which flashes and then were gone as though the cliffs had been subdued. We managed to capture one moment, stand in the middle of the road in 40kph winds in a shirt I thought was made for the activity ... but wasn't.

Onward, we moved back to the roadspine of Yorke Peninsular and stopped at Warooka for supplies and nice coffee at Moorooboo Cafe. Retracing our steps for a few kilometres, we picked up the turnoff to Point Turton, which is located where the top of the boot meets the shin. It was blowing a gale - literally - and the temperature was on the decline when we arrived but the caravan park is sheltered by the headland and the effect of the wind on campers is minimal.

After setting up, we went for a discovery walk, which turned into a discovery drive after 4 minutes, because driving meant warmth and protection from the wind. We ended up at the Point Turton Store/Bakery/Petrol Station/Post Office and had a long chat with Isobelle, who along with her husband, tossed in jobs in Tennant Creek to own and run the place. In the process, he went from being a manager with Lindfox to a baker. All of the treats for sale he made in the bakery out back. Isobelle was able to answer lots of our questions and we had a good old chinwag.

One of those questions stems back to Moonta Bay, where the development of new housing is staggering. Point Turton is similar, with an entire new subdivision so out of character with original dwellings that they stand out like dogs gonads. Isobelle tells us they are almost all owned by Adelaide folks with lots of dollars who come down for weekends and holidays to their "shacks" ... two storey shacks with entertainment balconies and double car garages and security systems.

If we thought getting into Isobelle's Store/Bakery/Petrol Station/Post Office was hard work with the now 60kph south westerly gusts behind us, the shock of having to walk uphill to the car into the wind was revealing!

The windswept Point Turton Jetty

Showers were nice after three days sweat encased and politely saying nothing because you probably smelled worse. Late afternoon, had fun watching a couple trying to back their Avan - an older, much smaller version than ours - into the campsite beside us. After three tries they abandoned ship and took another site they could drive through!

Some jetty time tomorrow and following up on some intel re a local seal.

(No photos today apart from those already on the page)