Beaches, crabs and copper heritage.
Empty white beaches, the Walk the Yorke trail, copper-mining towns and some of the state's best fishing.
On the Yorke Peninsula today
Saturday, 24 October · live from Yorke Peninsula
Wind 13 km/h
3.4 mm forecast
Where to Begin
Distinctive districts, each with its own character - here's where to start.
12 places
Edithburgh
A historic salt-and-shipping port on the south-east coast, famed for its ocean tidal pool, heritage jetty and Troubridge Island penguins.
10 places
Moonta
The richest of the copper triangle towns, where poppet heads, miners' cottages and a celebrated pasty keep the Cornish story alive.
6 places
Wallaroo
A historic copper-smelting port on the Copper Coast with a sweeping town beach, busy marina and proud maritime museum.
Choose Your Journey
Eat & Drink
Fresh-off-the-boat seafood, country pubs and Cornish baking.
Beaches
Sheltered swimming coves and wild surf-washed bays.
Stay
Shacks, caravan parks, farm stays and seaside cottages.
Walking & Hiking
Coastal clifftops, the Walk the Yorke trail and bush tracks.
Wildlife & Nature
Emus, dolphins, ospreys and shimmering salt lakes.
Itineraries & Guides
Oyster Bay: the rise, fall and return of Stansbury's oysters
Stansbury was literally named for its shellfish - Oyster Bay, the charts said - until dredges stripped the wild beds bare. A century later, the oysters are back.
June 2026 · 6 min read
Where to Find the Best Crabbing on the Yorke Peninsula
Blue swimmer crabs are a Yorke institution. Here is where, when and how to catch a feed.
June 2026 · 5 min read
Wild South: A First Trip to Innes National Park
Innes National Park packs surf, shipwrecks, a ghost town and clifftop walks into one wild corner.
June 2026 · 6 min read
Top 10 lists
Our editorial shortlists - the best beaches, walks, wildlife moments and free things to do across the Yorke Peninsula.
The 10 best beaches on the Yorke Peninsula
From wild Southern Ocean surf to glassy crabbing flats, the peninsula's finest stretches of sand.
9 heritage highlights of the Yorke Peninsula
Cornish mines, shipwrecks, lighthouses and ghost towns, the peninsula's richest history in ten stops.
The Best Surf Breaks on the Yorke Peninsula
Where the Southern Ocean swell lines up
The Best Jetties on the Yorke Peninsula
Squid, sunsets and a feed off the rails
The Whole Region
Every place we've curated, plotted on the map. Click a marker to explore.
Recently added
Maitland Museum
View →Schoolrooms, barley sheds and the story of the grain belt.
A National Trust museum in Maitland's 1877 former school, with a Cereal Heritage Shed and Barley Shed telling the story of the peninsula's farming heartland.
Barley Stacks Wines
View →The Yorke Peninsula's pioneering vineyard.
The first commercial vineyard and winery on the Yorke Peninsula's barley belt, with a daily cellar door near Maitland pouring estate-grown wines.
Ardrossan Lookout
View →Gulf views from the top of the dolomite country.
A lookout south of Ardrossan with sweeping views over the giant open-cut dolomite mine, the red cliffs and Gulf St Vincent across to the Adelaide Hills.
Ardrossan Heritage Museum
View →Birthplace machinery of the stump-jump plough.
A National Trust museum in the 1907 powerhouse of Clarence Smith's plough factory, celebrating the stump-jump plough that opened the mallee to farming.
