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Kuitpo Forest (/ ˈ k aɪ p oʊ / KY-poh) is a plantation forest in South Australia located about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south-east of the Adelaide city centre. Kuipto, the first of many forest plantations in the Mount Lofty Ranges , was established in 1898 to ensure a sustainable timber supply for South Australia . [ 2 ]
Kuitpo Forest located near the town of Meadows in the Adelaide Hills about 30 kilometres (19 miles) to the south-east of the Adelaide city centre. Second Valley Forest located between the town of Delamere and the city of Victor Harbor on the Fleurieu Peninsula about 70 kilometres (43 miles) to the south of the Adelaide city centre.
Among them were tribes which are now commonly described as the Ngarrindjeri people, a generic ethnonym popularised by English missionary George Taplin for the various, distinct groups of people who occupied much of the Fleurieu Peninsula, lower Murray River and Coorong regions prior to and after colonisation.
A satellite map of Fleurieu Peninsula. The Geographical Names Advisory Committee advised in 2001 that the extent of the peninsula is: [6] [failed verification] that portion of land between Gulf St. Vincent and the Southern Ocean (sic), a line from Aldinga (sic) (southern end of Aldinga Bay) to Middleton (eastern end) being the cut-off for the peninsula.
Middleton is a town in South Australia on the eastern end of the south coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula.It lies between the towns of Port Elliot and Goolwa.. Middleton is a holiday and tourist destination with a popular surf beach.
The Mount Lofty Ranges stretch from the southernmost point of the Fleurieu Peninsula at Cape Jervis northwards for over 300 kilometres (190 mi) before petering out north of Peterborough. In the vicinity of Adelaide, they separate the Adelaide Plains from the extensive plains that surround the Murray River and stretch eastwards to Victoria.
Port Elliot is a town in South Australia toward the eastern end of the south coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula. It is situated on the sheltered Horseshoe Bay, a small bay off the much larger Encounter Bay. Pullen Island lies outside the mouth of the bay.
Australian wine zones & regions. The Fleurieu zone includes the following areas south of Adelaide - Kangaroo Island, the Fleurieu Peninsula, the strip of coast on west side of the Mount Lofty Ranges extending into the southern Adelaide metropolitan area and the strip of land on the western shore of Lake Alexandrina including the town of Langhorne Creek and the following islands within the lake ...