Port Vincent - 14 to 20 June 2009

  We left Adelaide for the Yorke Peninsula.

Port Vincent - after traveling around the Peninsula seems one of the best spots to stay - and by luck we found it on the first day. It has a great coffee shop and the Ventnor Hotel. We met many locals there.
The Yorke Peninsula is one of the worlds biggest barley growing areas.

It was also a copper mining area and is part of the Cornish Diaspora as many Cornish miners came to settle. 

Driving around the Yorke Peninsula allowed us to see both the Wind Farm Ballet and the Cormorant Ballet with a well executed "pas de deux"

 
 






 
But we think the Cormorants won the day with their finale - "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" 

 

We had days of perfect sunshine, and then moody skies and rain, very welcomed by the local farmers. John went to the local football as a guest of one of the locals - a great community experience, particularly as the local team won.

 
Jupiter rising over the St Vincent Gulf with the lights of Adelaide illuminating the clouds
 
The Pelicans were a continuing source of amusement as they either sunned themselves or huddled in a group - reluctant to spend too much energy in flying.