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Meningie Dairies
26 November, 2019
Leave Clubrooms 9am sharp 180 kms approx. all sealed roads
10.00 am arrive Pt Malcolm Lighthouse (only inland lighthouse in Australia)
Can park at ferry landing and walk to light ,watch out for snakes!
Cross on Narrung ferry to Jetty area – morning tea
11.30 am Proceed to Raukkan indigenous settlement.
Park around lawned areas in front of Church (featured on Australian $50 banknotes)
Presentation of history & current development by officers of Ngarrindgeri Council
Possible walking tours & inspections
Lunch – Store is planned to be open for coffee etc.
1.30 pm Depart for Fischers Dairy Campbell House
* optional detour approx. 20 mins to old Narrung Station Homestead area on western side of
Lake Albert (4 kms good unsealed road)
2.00 pm Dairy visit -milking session – 3 milkings per day from herd of 600 cows-narration by Brad Fischer
4.00 pm Depart Campbell House via Meningie for home
*optional detour (approx. 20 mins) to Coorong via Seven Mile Road, ½ way between Campbell House &
Meningie -4 kms good unsealed road.
The more adventurous can continue S/east along the Coorong on Seven Mile Rd to Noonameena & rejoin
The Princes Hwy about 10 kms south of Meningie
Entries are still available at $30 per person (proceeds to the Raukkan Community)
Contact Des Ayres 0418 833 123 or Jan Hall 0438 607 116