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, 25 July · live from Yorke Peninsula
Wind 7 km/h
2.4 mm forecast
Where to Begin
Distinctive districts, each with its own character - here's where to start.
Edithburgh
A historic salt-and-shipping port on the south-east coast, famed for its ocean tidal pool, heritage jetty and Troubridge Island penguins.
Moonta
The richest of the copper triangle towns, where poppet heads, miners' cottages and a celebrated pasty keep the Cornish story alive.
Wallaroo
A historic copper-smelting port on the Copper Coast with a sweeping town beach, busy marina and proud maritime museum.
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.
10 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
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
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
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
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.
Zanoni Wreck
South Australia's most intact 19th-century shipwreck.
The 1867 wreck of the barque Zanoni lies in 18 metres of water off Ardrossan - the most intact 19th-century shipwreck in South Australia, protected by an exclusion zone.
Port Vincent Marina
Safe harbour on the gulf's sailing coast.
A 90-berth marina at the northern end of Port Vincent's sheltered bay, with an all-tides boat ramp and a pleasant waterfront stroll among the yachts.
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.
Places we love
Innes Pondalowie Surf Break
The Yorke's most famous wave, a powerful left-hander breaking off Pondalowie Bay in Innes.
Browns Beach
A wild, west-facing surf beach inside Innes famed for big Australian salmon runs off the sand.
Stenhouse Bay
The historic gateway to Innes, where a long jetty and old gypsum-loading relics meet sheltered fishing waters.
Moonta Mines State Heritage Area
A sprawling open-air heritage precinct of Cornish mine ruins, engine houses and miners cottages on the Copper Coast.
Cape Spencer
The wild south-western tip of Yorke Peninsula, where a lighthouse stands above cliffs looking out toward Kangaroo Island and the Southern Ocean.
Inneston Historic Township
The atmospheric ruins of a gypsum-mining town inside Innes, with restored cottages, a heritage walk and lakeside camping.
Pondalowie Bay
Legendary surf break and crayfishing cove in Innes.
A renowned surf break and sheltered crayfishing bay within Innes National Park, ringed by dunes and a popular campground.
Port Vincent
Yachting harbour with calm swimming and a marina.
A pretty east-coast holiday town built around a sheltered bay and marina, with safe swimming and a lively summer scene.