THE SOUL OF YORKE

We arrived the day before a forecast of Catastrophic Fire Danger. The adjoining national park had just closed and all campers inside the six campgrounds were evacuated. Some were squeezed into the park where we had booked but many had to find spots elsewhere. We were lucky to secure the last powered site in this tiny South Australian park, barely a week before Christmas. But, as we discovered, with a whopping 700km of coastline, there are loads of low-cost camping options along this pristine coast.

We were camping on theYorke Peninsula, three hours from Adelaide on Australia’s own version of the Italian boot. However, despite its Mediterranean climate and sparkling beaches, that’s the end of the similarities. Marion Bay is uniquely Australian, abundant in wildlife and right on the toe of this peninsula, a tiny township 7km from the entrance of Innes National Park. It was here we’d just rocked into, with our trusty D-Max Ute and Outback camper. We’d planned on spending the