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The Best Attractions In Minnipa

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Pildappa Rock

Baird Bay

Murphys Haystacks

The Australian Farmer

Point Labatt

The Big Galah

Streaky Bay Islands Caravan Park

Minnipa is a small town serving the local grain growing community located on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula.
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The Best Attractions In Minnipa

1. Pildappa Rock Minnipa
The County of Bosanquet is a cadastral unit in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land both in the north of the Eyre Peninsula and to the peninsula's north. It was proclaimed on 23 October 1913 and was named after Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, the Governor of South Australia from 1909 to 1914.
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2. Murphys Haystacks Streaky Bay
Murphy's Haystacks are inselberg rock formations located at Mortana, between Streaky Bay and Port Kenny on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. They are of a 'tumulus' form of weathered granite outcrop. They are made of a pink, massive, coarsely equigranular rock consisting mostly of quartz and orthoclase. Their appearance may be due to a combination of erosion by underground rainwater and then by subsequent weathering after they were exposed. Most of the pillars emerge without a break from the underlying granite. Their structural base may be of orthogonal or vertically-aligned sheet jointing.They obtained their name because a traveller in a coach saw the formation in the distance. He asked how a farmer could produce so much hay. As the farm was on a property owned by a man called Murphy...
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3. Baird Bay South Australia
Baird Bay is a small fishing village located 50 kilometres south of Streaky Bay on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is situated on the east coast of a bay named Baird Bay which opens into the north end of Anxious Bay.The locality is named after the nearby bay which is named after James Baird, who settled on the shores of Anxious Bay in 1850 before being speared by local Aboriginals on 2 November 1850. The bay was known as Beard's Bay until 5 December 1940 when it was renamed to Baird Bay by proclamation.Although the township is small, Baird Bay has garnered considerable tourist attention due to its Australian sea lion colony, with local tour guides giving interactive swimming sessions with the sea lions and dolphins. This has become one of the main tourist attraction...
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4. Point Labatt Streaky Bay
Point Labatt is a headland located on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia about 39 kilometres south by east of Streaky Bay. It is notable as one of the largest Australian mainland breeding sites for Australian sea lions. The land and the sea adjoining Point Labatt is part of three protected areas - the Point Labatt Conservation Park, the Point Labatt Aquatic Reserve and the West Coast Bays Marine Park.
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5. Streaky Bay Islands Caravan Park Streaky Bay
6. The Australian Farmer Wudinna
The big things of Australia are a loosely related set of large structures, some of which are novelty architecture and some are sculptures. There are estimated to be over 150 such objects around the country. There are big things in every state and territory in Australia. Most big things began as tourist traps found along major roads between destinations. The big things have become something of a cult phenomenon, and are sometimes used as an excuse for a road trip, where many or all big things are visited and used as a backdrop to a group photograph. Many of the big things are considered works of folk art and have been heritage-listed, though others have come under threat of demolition.
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7. The Big Galah Kimba
The big things of Australia are a loosely related set of large structures, some of which are novelty architecture and some are sculptures. There are estimated to be over 150 such objects around the country. There are big things in every state and territory in Australia. Most big things began as tourist traps found along major roads between destinations. The big things have become something of a cult phenomenon, and are sometimes used as an excuse for a road trip, where many or all big things are visited and used as a backdrop to a group photograph. Many of the big things are considered works of folk art and have been heritage-listed, though others have come under threat of demolition.
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Minnipa Videos

Highway 1 Australia's greatest road trip: Ep 10 Pildappa Rock

The day's much-anticipated highlight looked set to be a walk through Gawler Ranges National Park, South Australia, to the widely talked about Organ Pipes. While we enjoyed our stroll, it was a rock of a very different kind that captivated our imagination just outside the national park.

We had Pildappa Rock earmarked as a good place to camp, but it is so much more than that.

A giant pink granite inselberg that glows tangerine and gold at sunset, Pildappa Rock stretches for 100m, its flaring, weathered walls cresting like waves frozen in time.

Gentle rock spurs rise three to four storeys high to a lichen-covered summit pockmarked with dozens of gnamma (water) holes, many holding rainwater and sustaining flowering grasses. At its base, there are excellent picnic and camping facilities - shelters, with tables, gas barbecues, lights, rainwater tanks, rubbish bins and toilets. And the camping is free.

To get there, turn north off Highway One at Minnipa, 270km west of Port Augusta and follow the signs. SUBSCRIBE: The official channel of Australian Geographic magazine.
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Gawler Ranges National Park - 4wd Solo Touring

Located 350km North-West of Adelaide, Gawler Ranges National Park is a wonderful place to escape and explore what South Australia has to offer. A drive through the park, meet a mob of Emu's and explore the Organ Pipes.

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South Australia. Hawker to Blinman

This footage was in four parts from Hawker to the Flinders Ranges small outback town of Blinman. Blinman is North of Adelaide about 500 Kilometres.

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Gawler Ranges - Rocks of ages

In springtime these ancient ranges become a colourful bush garden.

Elephant Rocks - Albany

An interesting coastal rock formation near Albany in the Australian south-west. The reason for the name is fairly obvious as you watch the video.

The area overall is known as William Bay National Park.

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