We have covered miles and miles of some of the prettiest farming country in Australia. Lots of the farm houses and fences are made of stones which seem to be in plentiful supply in the paddocks! I love the way the early settlers had the sense to use the materials available to them.The paddocks are now being planted with new crops for this year. The major crop in this area is barley and they say that as long as man wants bread and beer that is how it will stay!
We left Minlaton and went south to Yorketown. An interesting little farming town, seemed to have all the necessities. Then it was on to Edithburg which is on the coast near the 'heel' of the peninsula. This town, like most of the others down this way, has lots of well maintained old houses, most of which overlook the beach front.
On the way up the coast to Stansbury we passed through Port Giles which has one of the biggest grain silo complexes we have seen. There was a ship being loaded at the jetty as well.
We had lunch at Stansbury. This town sits on Oyster Point. Himself came home with two dozen oysters for his dinner tonight. We continued on to Port Vincent and then came back to town.
In Minlaton on display is a 1916 (World War 1) Bristol monoplane, known as the "Red Devil", flown by Captain Harry Butler (a Minlaton identity). In 1919, Harry made the first flight over water in the southern hemisphere.
We were back early enough today to take one extra little trip out the other side of the town to the other side of the peninsula to Port Rickaby. Small little place used mostly as a weekend getaway but we liked it.
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