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Port Noarlunga Reef is regarded as one of South Australia's best snorkeling sites [28] and is popular with underwater photographers. [29] It is a narrow reef about 400 metres (1,300 feet) offshore and about 1.6 kilometres (0.99 miles) long and was formed from a consolidated Pleistocene sand dune.
The Port Noarlunga Reef is connected to the shore by a jetty. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] The aquatic reserve was declared on 30 November 1971 to protect “reef organisms from exploitation and for the conservation of the estuary and swamps of the lower Onkaparinga River, for the purposes of recreation and education.” [ 1 ] [ 5 ]
Port Noarlunga may refer to: Port Noarlunga, a former port associated with the current suburb of Port Noarlunga, South Australia; Port Noarlunga Football Club, an Australian rules football club in South Australia; Port Noarlunga South, South Australia, a suburb; Port Noarlunga Reef, a reef located within the Port Noarlunga Reef Aquatic Reserve
The occupied land is located within the following suburbs in the City of Onkaparinga: Noarlunga Downs, Port Noarlunga South and Seaford Meadows. [5] A combined pedestrian/cycle track known as the Coast to Vines Rail Trail has an easement that passes through the recreation park on its east side following the alignment of the former Willunga ...
Christies Beach has its own postcode of 5165, and is adjacent to the suburbs of Christie Downs and Noarlunga Centre to the east, Port Noarlunga to the south, and O'Sullivan Beach to the north. Offshore from Christies Beach is Horseshoe Reef, which is exposed at low tide.
Moana is an outer coastal suburb in the south of Adelaide, South Australia.The suburb is approximately 36.4 km from the Adelaide city centre. It lies within the City of Onkaparinga local government area, and neighbours the suburbs Seaford, Maslin Beach, Seaford Rise and Port Noarlunga [4] It is divided into two by Pedler Creek and the associated sand dune reserve.
Downstream from Mount Bold Reservoir is the Clarendon Weir. To maintain levels at Clarendon Weir, water is released only as required. The Onkaparinga Gorge extends from Clarendon to Old Noarlunga. An estuary extends from Old Noarlunga to the river's mouth between the suburbs of Port Noarlunga and Port Noarlunga South. The estuary is a ...
Port Noarlunga South started as a private sub-division in 1923 with portions gazetted with the names Paringa and Port Onkaparinga. A portion of land was added to the suburb in 1960 from an area known as Onkaparinga and was subsequently removed in 1995 to create the suburb of Seaford Meadows.