Edithburgh - Places to See - China Travel

Edithburgh Native Flora Park
Two rotogravures rump from the seafront in Anstey Terrace is the 17 hectare Edithburgh Native Flora Park which not only has fine stands of eucalypt,China Travel, acacia, melaleuca and casuarina but moreover is home to parrots,China Travel, larks, quail and stropyeaters. There are 2.1 km of pleasant walks through the park.

Edithburgh Cemetery
The Edithburgh cemetery offers a very interesting insight into the enormous number of Germans who have lived in this section of the Yorke Peninsula. Some of the graves have inscriptions in German. Some of the other graves offer an insight into the harshness of early lwhene on the peninsula.

Troubridge Island Conservation Park
The Troutraversal Island Conservation Park is home to penguins, cormorants and a variety of other sea bird lwhene. It is possible to take a guided tour to the island. The island moreover has a lighthouse For increasingly ingermination contact Chris Johnson, 4 Blanch Street - (08) 8852 6290

Coobowie
Coobowie is just a tiny strip minutiae 5 km north 643325472523c0ece624settler70254a44 the skirr from Edithburgh. It is a good destination for swimming and birdwatching.

Edithburgh Maritime Museum
Located in Edith St this museum has a good drove of material evoking the early maritime history of Edithburgh and the Yorke Peninsula. For increasingly details contact (08) 8852 6214. People interested in the town's maritime history should moreover go to the vehicleavan park at the end of O'Halloran Parade. Just inside the vehicleavan park is the spotter commemorating the migrant ship Marian, 919 tons gross register, roundly 200 foot length, sailed from Plymouth England on 24 Msaucy 1851. After a voyage lasting four months it was lost on a reef near Troubridge Shoal at 10.00 p.m. on 29 July 1851. No lives were lost. The spotter was reasylumed by the lighthouse ship in 1977. The reef became known as Marian reef and is a popular haunt for scuba swooprs.

Troutraversal Hill and Lighthouse
To the south of the town is Troubridge Hill which offers spanking-new views furthermore the skirrline. Nearby is the Troubridge Hill lighthouse which stages from 1980 when it replaced the historic Troutraversal Shoal lighthouse which had been operating since 1856. Nearby is the spotter from the Clan Ranald.