Another full day with heaps to see – much different landscape and attractions than the last couple of days. We woke to pretty miserable weather (as expected) with cloud, wind and intermittent rain – and really cold. We decamped as we got around to it and started our move north up the peninsula. First stop was Yorketown – a town that exists because it is on the intersection of 5 roads. We finally found a bakery so loaded up on bread and of course a pie (purely for comparison purposes). The pies were good!

After a quick visit to the tourist info centre we confirmed our earlier plan to stop at Edithburgh for at least the next night. Along the way we saw the Yorketown water tank art and did some of the pink lake circuit. There are heaps of salt lakes here and all with varying salt concentrations and consequently ‘pinkness’. I was a bit worried with the weather today being so dull that the pink wouldn’t show up. I was very wrong! Maybe the cloudy skies helped as the sky reflection wasn’t so bright?? We spent quite a while at a couple of lakes and both put our drones up for the view. Unfortunately, the rain kept starting and stopping so the drones had to come back each time and hide for a while. We really like the ‘saltbergs’ at Pink Lake, but on closer inspection I think they were rocks that had continual salt deposits on them (a bit like a growing snowball, I guess) – sorry waaaay too many pink photos incoming…

We headed through to Edithburgh where we have pulled up and have an amazing view of the coast and town jetty. After offloading the van we were straight back out on a sightseeing loop that Bob had put together for us – which was car intensive and no walking due to the yucko weather. We headed via the Wattle Point Wind Farm. This wind farm was commissioned in 2005, has 55 turbines and can generate up to 91MW. I spent some time taking photos beneath these monsters and for the first time I understand what people are talking about when they talk about the noise that they make. It is a very low frequency deep whoosh which didn’t bother me but maybe it would if I lived next to it (but then again I could just take my hearing aids out 🙂 ).

I also enjoyed photographing the wheat fields in the moody light. Still seems amazing that wheat is grown right to the waters edge. So many times we’ve seen tractors with boat trailers attached – the farmers can easily back their boats into the water with their tractors and no issues with salt water in the wheel bearings…..

Then it was the most spectacular coast drive literally along the cliff face to the Troubridge Point lighthouse. Such an unusual shape and very high. More drone fun and photos at so many locations.

We then completed the loop back to town via the salt lake mural, more salt lakes and finally the Edithburgh water tank art.

We’ve had such an interesting day for one that has been pretty ho hum weatherwise. Our original plan was to continue heading north tomorrow, but the forecast looks pretty dismal. We have decided to assess in the morning and if it’s too miserable to be on the road we might have our first down day of the entire trip!