Wildlife & Nature
Emus, dolphins, ospreys and shimmering salt lakes.
The best wildlife & nature in Innes National Park
The peninsula is alive with wildlife: western grey kangaroos and emus graze the national parks, ospreys nest on the cliffs, dolphins surf the bays, and pink-hued salt lakes glow near Yorketown. Birdwatchers and nature lovers are spoiled here.
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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.
Chinamans Hat Island Lookout
A surf lookout above Pondalowie Bay facing the distinctive conical Chinamans Hat Island, watching over one of the bottom of Yorke's best breaks.
West Cape Lighthouse
A slender modern lighthouse on a boardwalk-accessed headland inside Innes, famous for sunset views and passing southern right whales in winter.