Harvest Corner Visitor Information Centre: Lisa visits the Yorke Peninsula region of South Australia

There's never a shortage of things to do when travelling through Yorke Peninsula. You can try a spot of fishing for tommies at gorgeous places like Port Vincent. Or you can head inland passed the ripening fields of wheat and barley, which generates much of the Yorke's farming wealth.

Whatever you do, it pays to drop into visitor information centres like Harvest Corner at Minlaton midway down the peninsula. It's where experts like Janet Cameron can update you on the gems that await further down 'the leg', as the locals like to call the Peninsula.

But as well as information, Harvest Corner has plenty more to help the interested traveler linger a little longer and much of it's been made by the wives of farmers from the district.

"Harvest corner is an amazing place," said Janet. "It was started purely by a group of women just volunteering who made produce or made craft to get together and have somewhere to sell them."

That means the place is jam-packed with an eclectic assortment of homemade wares including grandma's mustard pickles, tomato chutney, peach desert, grapefruit marmalade, coconut macaroons and Di's capsicum jelly.

"Di's actually the president of Harvest Corner and she's the lady that originally came up with the concept of the place. She got the initial group of ladies together and she's still the president of Harvest Corner today so she's quite an amazing lady. She cooks too," said Janet.

Others quilt, some make teddies while a few farmers bring in their produce. In the backroom gallery you can try on a jumper made from alpaca wool. Or you can marvel at the artwork of local alpaca grower Mark Short. His love for his flock is summed up in watercolour. Harvest Corner exhibits the work of a number of local artists including Allyson Parsons, who has developed a strong following with her striking depictions of outback South Australia.

Profoundly deaf since birth, Allyson Parsons threw herself into her art at a very early age and now her pieces are to be found in major corporate and private collections around Australia.

And alongside her stunning images of northern South Australia you'll find works by her mother, Marie Parsons.

"Her mum was an art teacher at the Minlaton School and she does some fantastic paintings but they are quite different to Allysons." Said Janet. "She does a lot more still life and she's more bold whereas Allyson does a lot more outback scenes and more rural landscapes. She's done a lot on the Peninsula as well."

So, for a selection of the handcrafts, hand made jams and the local artistic flavour of Yorke Peninsula head to Harvest Corner Visitor Information Centre in the heart of Minlaton. It's open daily. If you have any further questions please email info@postcards-sa.com.au

Harvest Corner Visitor Information Centre
29 Main St
Minlaton