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The Red Devil, Minlaton, South Australia

Aussie Icons #3 – The Red Devil

April 29, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Aussie Icons, Koolywurtie, Minlaton, Red Devil, South Australia, Things to do, Yorke Peninsula

According to my train buddy* G, the longest ever recorded chicken flight lasted for 13 seconds. Ironic then, that one of Australia’s most unsung aviators drew his early inspiration from experiments with measuring chook** wingspan relative to their flight! A world exclusive wasn’t what I expected when I visited Minlaton on South Australia’s York Peninsula. But the Red Devil, a Bristol M.1C[…]

Swimmers Beach, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

7 Days … on the Southern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

February 14, 2011 Red Nomad OZ 7 Days in ..., Brentwood, Coobowie, Corny Point, Edithburgh, Innes National Park, Minlaton, Port Moorowie, South Australia, Stansbury, Things to do, Travel, Troubridge Island, Yorke Peninsula, Yorketown

South Australia’s Southern Yorke Peninsula (SYP) can get pretty tedious – day after ho-hum day of blue skies, mile after punishing mile of spectacular coastal scenery, more and yet more (almost) deserted beaches. Seal and dolphin watching, fishing, museums, shipwrecks, snorkelling, surfing, wildflowers, markets and country shows. A well preserved, documented – AND fascinating history. And it all comes with arguably[…]

Off the Tourist Trail #2 – Brentwood, Yorke Peninsula, SA

December 6, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Bakery, Brentwood, Minlaton, South Australia, Travel, Yorke Peninsula

Blink, and you’ll miss the little town of Brentwood – so you’ve got almost NO chance of finding the Brentwood cemetery without local assistance! Don’t look at me – I’m not going to tell you exactly where it is! But I’m not exactly going to hide it either. After all, it IS mentioned in official Yorke Peninsula Tourist information brochures,[…]