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364  SOUTH A USTR ALIA

Exploring the Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas

Just north of Adelaide (see pp348–53) lie the green hills of
the Clare Valley; then, further inland, as the rainfall diminishes,
the countryside changes dramatically. First comes the
grandeur of the Flinders Ranges with rugged mountains
and tranquil gorges. West of Adelaide are two peninsulas,
at the head of which is the industrial triangle of Port Pirie,
Port Augusta and Whyalla. The Yorke Peninsula is Australia’s
richest barley growing district. Eyre Peninsula is also a
wheat- and barley-producing area. From here the Nullarbor
Plain runs beyond the Western Australian border.
Fishing boats moored in the harbour
Lake of Port Lincoln
Wyola Dey-Dey
Lake
Lake
Maurice

Maralinga
Watson Ooldea Wynbring
Cook Mungala
Hughes Lyons
Nullarbor Reg ional Reser ve
Yellabinna
N U L L A R B O R P L A I N Reg ional Reser ve
Nullarbor National Park
Border EYRE HIGHWAY Nullarbor Yalata Yumbarra
WA
W
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Village YR Roadhouse Conservation Park
Great Australian Bight Nundroo Penong Koonibba Conservation
Pureba
Norseman Park
Fowlers Bay Denial Bay
CEDUNA
Bell Point
Souther n Ocean Smoky Bay
Nuyts
Archipelago Streaky
Bay
Streaky Bay
Westall Point
Getting Around
Despite the sparse population, Conservation Park
Venus Bay
there is an extensive road network Anxious
throughout the region. The Stuart Bay
Hwy runs up from Adelaide to Flinders Island
Coober Pedy and beyond into the
Northern Territory, and the Eyre Investigator Group
Conservation Park
Hwy wends its way from Adelaide
along the tops of the Yorke and
Eyre peninsulas, across the
Nullarbor Plain and into Western
Australia. There is no state railway,
but interstate trains running from
Sydney to Perth, and Adelaide to
Alice Springs and Melbourne,
stop at major towns in the region.
Scheduled buses serve most
towns, and there are air services
from Adelaide to regional airports
in Port Lincoln, Ceduna, Coober
Pedy, Whyalla, and Port Augusta. Saltbush landscape of the Eyre Peninsula