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Flora And Fauna

There's an abundance of wildlife and wildflowers to be found on Yorke Peninsula.  With birdlife including black-faced cormorants, wedge-tailed and sea eagles, brown falcons and crested terns; kangaroos and emus roaming free; and wildflowers, acacias, sheoaks and mallee scrubland; there is always something new to explore.

In Innes National Park, which covers over 9,200 hectares of flora and fauna, you'll see Emus, Western Grey Kangaroos, Western Pygmy Possums, the rare Western Whipbird, Ospreys and maybe even a White-bellied Sea-Eagle in full flight.  Sharp-eyed visitors may spot a Malleefowl roaming in the Park, an elusive and rare ground-dwelling bird, slightly larger than a domestic hen. 

The Tammar Wallaby has recently been reintroduced to the Australian mainland at Innes National Park after a history of extinction in the area, and breeding programs are being implemented. 

The coastal scrubland of Innes National Park comes alive in Spring with the blossoms of Coastal White Mallee, Cockies Tongue, Common Fringe-myrtle and wattle. 

Dolphins can be found all year round in the shallow waters; and between May and September, Southern-Right Whales have been seen as they pass along the coastline.

Why not visit one of Yorke Peninsula's fauna and flora parks:

• Native Flora Park, Edithburgh - 17.5 hectares of unique parkland, where over 1,000 native plants from all over Australia flourish.
• Mulbura Park, between Port Vincent and Port Julia - located just off the coast road, this native flora reserve in virgin scrub was established by the Minlaton Branch of the National Trust. 
• Ramsay Wildlife Park, between Minlaton and Port Vincent - natural vegetation and native animals that can be seen from the fenced area.
• H. J. Cook Fauna Park, Minlaton - home to an assortment of emus, wallabies and kangaroos.
• Wallaroo Fauna & Wildlife Park - comprising many species of native and introduced birdlife and fauna within a natural setting.
• An award-winning fauna park is located in the heart of Bute.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Many of the towns throughout the region have nature walks, where you can stroll through native bushland.  In the towns with coastal walks, you will find pelicans lazing on the beach and black swans drifting gracefully in the shallows, along with a myriad of other coastal birdlife.