Swincer Rocks, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
23rd May 2025
Looking back up the peninsula, Swincer Rocks, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
You can camp at Swincer Rocks right up next to the cliff face. I took this and the next photo from the cliff edge at the main camping area. If you walk up the peninsula from here you get sandy beaches.
Looking down the peninsula, Swincer Rocks, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
If you walk down the peninsula in the direction above you get a large section of rocky cliff faces before coming to the next beach. It was in this direction that I did most of my exploring.
The main camping area, Swincer Rocks, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
Whilst I was at Swincer I camped away from the main camping area above to get some solitude. There are several other areas where you can camp pretty much on your own.
My campsite was a short walk to the cliffs edge a bit further down the peninsula from the main site. I got to enjoy amazing sunsets and sunrises every day of my visit there….alone :)
Farmland at the rear of the campsite.
Behind the campsite is farmland that catches some lovely sunlight in the mornings. That said the action is all in the other direction.
Swincer Rocks, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
Some sections of the shore line have quite a drop down to the water. How plant life survives in these locations is always a mystery to me.
A little bit back from the edge of the shoreline and there were plenty of the above plant to view. In the early morning light they added some colour to the white rocks and sand.
A very fragile coastline.
Some of the shoreline was very fragile. I imagine from what you can see has fallen and eroded away that the edge is not very strong.
High tide pounding the shoreline.
As the tide rose during the day it would pound the edge of lower sections of the coastline. It was quite interesting to see how much the place changed between the tides. Not only the water but the animal life present.
Rocks being consumed by the rising tide
If the tide was rising then I was at the shoreline. Watching the waves smash into and eventually consume rocks on the coastline I found very relaxing.
Dolphins at Swincer Rocks, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
A high tide late in the day brought many dolphins into the shoreline. One of these dolphins seems to have been bitten by a shark.
A small Island off the coast at sunset.
If I had taken my long camera lens I would have been able to show you seals on that small rocky island about a kilometre off the coast line. Seals were also another late afternoon visitor in close to shore.
Seals at Swincer Rocks, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
Seals are really hard to photograph as they briefly surface. Almost as hard as turtles back home for me. There were many of them and I just never got the knack of knowing where they would surface once they went under. I would fail again later on this trip at Kangaroo Island. This is the best photo I got this trip of seals in the water….and even it is out of focus :( Next time I will improve.
My last sunset at Swincer Rocks, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
This spot is very popular for fishing and that makes sense given the presence of dolphins and seals. On my last night quite a few people turned up to go fishing and party on. It was a sign that it was time to move on.
My last sunrise at Swincer Rocks, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
The following morning I was up early getting ready to head off to the other side of the peninsula to stay at a very special place called Butler’s Beach that I will share with you in a later post.
The toilet facilities at the campsite.
To stay at Swincer Rocks you need to pay a fee to the local council. When you book a campsite at Swincer you will be told to bring your own water and to take your rubbish. It appears that some people forgot to take their rubbish. In fact that was one downside of Swincer Ricks, there was a fair bit of rubbish around the campsites. What a shame people have to be pigs.
You will notice that the toilet is serviced by rain water. If you are patient (tap is set to slow release) and don’t mind drinking rain water, then you can source water from the toilet block. Otherwise bring your own water….along with some shit tickets……there was no toilet paper provided on my visit.