We spent today at the”heel” of the Yorke Peninsula which looks like a leg with a big foot. There is even a Heel Road. So today we will focus our travels on the “heel” – it is usually the furthest thing from my mind. We had a fine start to the day but it turned cold wet and windy.

A visit to Wool Bay to start the day. It wasn’t listed in the tourism brochures but don’t let that pull the wool over your eyes – it was a scenic and interesting place.

Historic Lime Kiln at Wool Bay where limestone was heated to make calcium oxide for mortar and plaster production.

Scenic view from the kiln

The base of the furnace

Top of the Lime Kiln

View back from the jetty

White backed magpie at Wool Bay

Correa wildflower at Wool Bay

Massive silos at Giles Point – a major grain storage and loading centre, The Yorke Peninsula is a major wheat, barley, canola and lentils producing area with some sheep farms as well.

Wattle Point Wind Farm is near Edithburgh. When it opened in 2005, it was Australia’s largest wind farm at 91 megawatts. It consists of 55 wind turbines.

Troubridge Island is a few kilometres off the coast with a tall imposing lighthouse.

Wildflowers on the coastal drive to Troubridge Point – Kennedia (Running postman) above and Clematis (below)

“When I was younger, so much younger than today; I never needed anybody’s kelp in any way…”

Black headed cormorants in a hungry mood

The Pacific Gull was the extrovert of the group

Troubridge Point Aquatic Reserve was listed on the map – it was a seally good idea to go there.

The sea was teeming with seals

Only one was on the rocks looking pleased with itself

Time for a scratch

Troubridge Point Lighthouse – the most unusual looking lighthouse we have yet encountered.

Saucy design – I think it looks like a bottle of BBQ sauce.

The brickwork construction (1980) was selected as it reportedly offered wind and earthquake loading design benefits. As it was built for automatic operation, the tower has no windows.

The old and new…sheep farming and wind farming

Nankeen kestrels were busy after a feed

Male Pacific gull

Troubridge Hill beach

The crumbling limestone

The scenic coastal drive

Pacific gull

Edithburgh Water Tower Art shows a wide array of local coral from the local jetty with Striped Pyjama Squid and the magnificent Leafy Sea Dragon. The top of the work features a sunrise backgrounding a White Bellied Sea Eagle as well as the Troubridge Island lighthouse.

Yorketown Water Tower art showcasing wildflowers, canola, wheat and the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Tourism win for Yorketown – these guys now live in the local park. The clown was disappointed by his funfair dismissal and the guy on the right was very cold on a wet winter’s day with his bear feet. At least they had magic mushrooms to brighten their day.

Just outside Yorketown is a pink lake which was pink but much like the other pink lakes we saw in the area.

A late drive to Marion Bay where the local birds were gathering and had a good tern-out considering the cold conditions.

At least one of them was vocal about the weather.