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Limestone Coast

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The Limestone Coast is a name used since the early twenty-first century for a South Australian government region located in the south east of South Australia which immediately adjoins the continental coastline and the Victorian border. [1]

69 relations: Agriculture, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Beachport, Black swan, Bool Lagoon Game Reserve, Bordertown, South Australia, Canunda National Park, Cape Willoughby, Cercartetus, City of Mount Gambier, Common bent-wing bat, Coonawarra wine region, Coorong District Council, Coorong National Park, Critically endangered, Curlew sandpiper, District Council of Grant, District Council of Robe, Division of Barker, Electoral district of MacKillop, Electoral district of Mount Gambier, Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Forestry, Gliding possum, Grey teal, Growing region, Kanawinka Geopark, Kangaroo Island, Keith, South Australia, Kingston District Council, Kingston SE, List of wine-producing regions, Maar, Mediterranean climate, Millicent, South Australia, Mount Benson wine region, Mount Gambier (volcano), Mount Gambier wine region, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Naracoorte Caves National Park, Naracoorte Coastal Plain (biogeographic region), Naracoorte Lucindale Council, Naracoorte, South Australia, Orange-bellied parrot, Pacific black duck, Padthaway wine region, Penola, South Australia, Petaurus, Phalangeriformes, ..., Pygmy possum, Red-necked stint, Rhaphidophoridae, Robe wine region, Robe, South Australia, Sharp-tailed sandpiper, South Australia, South Australian Forestry Corporation, Striped legless lizard, Tatiara District Council, Tourism, Tourism region, Victoria (Australia), Viticulture, Wattle Range Council, Wine, World Heritage site, Wrattonbully, Younghusband Peninsula. Expand index (19 more) »

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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Australian Bureau of Statistics

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the independent statistical agency of the Government of Australia.

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Beachport

Beachport is a small coastal town in South Australia, south-east of Adelaide, located at the northern end of Rivoli Bay, in the Wattle Range Council.

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Black swan

The black swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia.

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Bool Lagoon Game Reserve

Bool Lagoon Game Reserve is a protected area located in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, about south of the town of Naracoorte.

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Bordertown, South Australia

Bordertown is a small South Australian town near the Victorian border.

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Canunda National Park

Canunda National Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located about southeast of Adelaide, on the coast about southwest of Millicent.

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Cape Willoughby

Cape Willoughby is a headland located on the east end of the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island in South Australia in the gazetted locality of Willoughby about south east of the town of Penneshaw.

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Cercartetus

The genus Cercartetus is a group of very small possums known as pygmy possums.

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City of Mount Gambier

The City of Mount Gambier is a local government area centred in Mount Gambier in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia.

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Common bent-wing bat

The common bent-wing bat, Schreibers' long-fingered bat, or Schreibers' bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) is a species of bat in the family Miniopteridae.

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Coonawarra wine region

The Coonawarra wine region is a wine region centred on the town of Coonawarra in the Limestone Coast zone of South Australia.

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Coorong District Council

Coorong District Council is a local government area in South Australia located between the River Murray and the Limestone Coast region.

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Coorong National Park

The Coorong National Park is a protected area located in South Australia about southeast of Adelaide and that predominantly covers a lagoon ecosystem officially known as the Coorong and the Younghusband Peninsula on the Coorong's southern side.

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Critically endangered

A critically endangered (CR) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

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Curlew sandpiper

The curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia.

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District Council of Grant

The District Council of Grant is a local government area located in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, and is the southernmost council in the state The council was as Local Authority Of Grant (CLA) formed on 1 October 2006 after the amalgamation of the District Council of Mount Gambier and the District Council of Port MacDonnell, and currently surrounds the City of Mount Gambier.

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District Council of Robe

The District Council of Robe is a local government area located in the Limestone Coast area of South Australia.

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Division of Barker

The Division of Barker is an Australian Electoral Division in the south-east of South Australia.

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Electoral district of MacKillop

MacKillop is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly.

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Electoral district of Mount Gambier

Mount Gambier is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly.

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Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus L'Héritier 1789 (plural eucalypti, eucalyptuses or eucalypts) is a diverse genus of flowering trees and shrubs (including a distinct group with a multiple-stem mallee growth habit) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae.

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Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Eucalyptus camaldulensis, the river red gum, is a tree of the genus Eucalyptus.

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Forestry

Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, using, conserving, and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human and environment benefits.

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Gliding possum

There are many different types of gliding possum, sometimes referred to as flying phalangers, or simply as gliders: Australian gliders.

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Grey teal

The grey teal (Anas gracilis) is a dabbling duck found in open wetlands in Australia and New Zealand.

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Growing region

A growing region is an area suited by climate and soil conditions to the cultivation of a certain type of crop or plant group.

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Kanawinka Geopark

The former Kanawinka Geopark is situated along a structurally controlling geological fault of the same name that extends from the Naracoorte Caves in South Australia into Western Victoria, before disappearing offshore at Portland.

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Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island.

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Keith, South Australia

Keith is a small farming town in the south-east of South Australia. It is approximately 225 km from Adelaide at the junction of the Dukes Highway and the Riddoch Highway. It is sometimes referred to as the 'lucerne capital of Australia' due to the high number of lucerne growers in the region. At the 2006 census, Keith had a population of 1,089. then in 2011 census, Keith had a population of 1,320.

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Kingston District Council

The Kingston District Council (formerly District Council of Lacepede) is a local government area in the Limestone Coast, South Australia established in 1873.

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Kingston SE

Kingston SE (formerly Kingston) is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east coastline on the shores of Lacepede Bay.

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List of wine-producing regions

This list of wine-producing regions catalogues significant growing regions where vineyards are planted.

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Maar

A maar is a broad, low-relief volcanic crater caused by a phreatomagmatic eruption (an explosion which occurs when groundwater comes into contact with hot lava or magma).

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Mediterranean climate

A Mediterranean climate or dry summer climate is characterized by rainy winters and dry summers.

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Millicent, South Australia

Millicent is a town in South Australia, south-east of Adelaide, and north of Mount Gambier.

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Mount Benson wine region

The Mount Benson wine region is a wine region in the south east of South Australia located on the continental coastline about from Adelaide and halfway between the towns of Kingston SE and Robe.

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Mount Gambier (volcano)

Mount Gambier (also known as Ereng Balam, meaning eagle hawk) is a maar complex in South Australia associated with the Newer Volcanics Province.

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Mount Gambier wine region

Mount Gambier wine region is a wine region located in the south east of South Australia around the regional city of Mount Gambier.

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Mount Gambier, South Australia

Mount Gambier is the second most populated city in South Australia with an estimated urban population of 28,684.

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Naracoorte Caves National Park

Naracoorte Caves National Park is a national park near Naracoorte in the Limestone Coast tourism region in the south-east of South Australia (Australia).

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Naracoorte Coastal Plain (biogeographic region)

Naracoorte Coastal Plain is an interim Australian bioregion located in the southeast of South Australia.

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Naracoorte Lucindale Council

The Naracoorte Lucindale Council is a local government area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Limestone Coast region in the south-east of the state adjacent to the Victorian border.

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Naracoorte, South Australia

Naracoorte is a town in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, approximately 336 kilometres south-east of Adelaide and 100 kilometres north of Mount Gambier on the Riddoch Highway (A66).

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Orange-bellied parrot

The orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) is a small broad-tailed parrot endemic to southern Australia, and one of only three species of parrot that migrate.

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Pacific black duck

The Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa) is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the north and French Polynesia in the east.

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Padthaway wine region

Padthaway wine region is a wine zone region located in the south east of South Australia immediately adjoining a section of the Riddoch Highway including the town of Padthaway.

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Penola, South Australia

Penola is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located about southeast of the state capital of Adelaide in the wine growing area known as the Coonawarra.

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Petaurus

The genus Petaurus contains flying phalangers or wrist-winged gliders, a group of arboreal marsupials.

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Phalangeriformes

Phalangeriformes is a suborder of any of about 70 small- to medium-sized arboreal marsupial species native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi (and introduced to New Zealand and China).

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Pygmy possum

The pygmy possums are a family of small possums that together form the marsupial family Burramyidae.

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Red-necked stint

The red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis) is a small migratory wader.

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Rhaphidophoridae

The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae includes the cave weta, cave crickets, camelback crickets, camel crickets, spider crickets (sometimes shortened to "criders", or "land shrimp" or "sprickets") and sand treaders, of the suborder Ensifera.

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Robe wine region

Robe is a wine region located in the south east of South Australia immediately adjoining the town of Robe.

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Robe, South Australia

Robe is a town and fishing port located in the Limestone Coast of South Australia.

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Sharp-tailed sandpiper

The sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) (but see below) is a small wader.

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South Australia

South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

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South Australian Forestry Corporation

South Australian Forestry Corporation (trading as ForestrySA) is a business enterprise owned by the Government of South Australia which is responsible for management of publicly owned plantation forests in South Australia including the commercial production of timber and the management of forests for non-commercial purposes such as community use and as protected areas.

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Striped legless lizard

The striped legless lizard (Delma impar) is a species of lizards in the Pygopodidae family endemic to Australia.

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Tatiara District Council

Tatiara District Council is a local government area located in south eastern South Australia.

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Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

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Tourism region

A tourism region is a geographical region that has been designated by a governmental organization or tourism bureau as having common cultural or environmental characteristics.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Viticulture

Viticulture (from the Latin word for vine) is the science, production, and study of grapes.

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Wattle Range Council

Wattle Range Council is a local government area in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia.

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Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from grapes fermented without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, water, or other nutrients.

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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Wrattonbully

Wrattonbully is a wine region in South Australia's South East, between the Padthaway and Coonawarra regions, between the Riddoch Highway and the Victorian border.

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Younghusband Peninsula

Younghusband Peninsula is a long narrow peninsula in South Australia.

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Naracoorte Coastal Plain, Naracoorte woodlands, South East of South Australia.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limestone_Coast

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