33°49′49″S 137°38′38″E / 33.8303°S 137.6439°E Myponie Point (also known as Tickera Point) is a geographical feature in the locality of Wallaroo Plain,[1] 10 kilometres north of Wallaroo in South Australia.
The area is dominated by sloping bedrock and its shoreline mounts 10 to 20 metre high bluffs and steep gullies. Adjacent properties have been cleared for agricultural use. Several coastal shacks are present, and the area is used by rock and boat-based fishers. It is considered unsafe for swimming owing to its rockiness.[2]
Prospective port site
editMyponie Point has been a prospective port site since 2002, when adjacent land was acquired by a syndicate of farmers[3] and later the Australian Wheat Board[4] for the purpose of developing new grain export facilities. Such facilities were never constructed.[5] In the 2010s, Myponie Point was selected by the Braemar Alliance as their preferred location for an offshore floating port to facilitate future mineral exports. The project was declared a Major Project by the Government of South Australia in 2013. The project is intended to provide an export pathway for bulk commodities from developing mines located between Peterborough (SA) and Broken Hill (NSW).[6]
Prior to its identification as a prospective port site, Myponie Point was occasionally visited by local scouting groups.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Placename Details: Myponie Point". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 8 September 2008. SA0048381. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Myponie Point (north 1) - Beach in Wallaroo Plain Copper Coast SA". SLS Beachsafe. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Farmers buy land for deep-sea port". Australasian Business Intelligence: 1008094i6017. 4 April 2002.
- ^ "AWB exercises option agreement - Myponie Point". www.awb.com.au. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
{{cite web}}: Check|archive-url=value (help) - ^ "Outer Harbour stymies AWB port.(Finance)". The Australian (National, Australia): 041. 13 November 2002.
- ^ Australia, Government of South. "Braemar bulk export infrastructure proposal". www.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "BOY SCOUT CORNER". Kadina and Wallaroo Times (SA : 1888 - 1954). 5 July 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "BOY SCOUT CORNER". Kadina and Wallaroo Times (SA : 1888 - 1954). 21 June 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 22 March 2018.