Riddoch Highway is a rural highway in south-eastern
South Australia, designated as route A66 between Keith and Mount Gambier, with the remainder between Mount Gambier and Port MacDonnell designated as route B66. It is named after
John Riddoch
John Riddoch (27 October 1827 – 15 July 1901) was a pastoralist and politician in the State of South Australia, brother and business partner of George Riddoch.
History
Riddoch was born at Turriff, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and arrived in V ...
, the first white settler landholder and
vigneron in
Coonawarra.
Route
Riddoch Highway branches from
Dukes Highway at
Keith
Keith may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters
* Keith (surname)
* Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949)
* Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons ...
and travels south through
Padthaway,
Naracoorte,
Penola,
Nangwarry
Nangwarry is a town and a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about north-west of the regional centre of Mount Gambier.
The Town of Nangwarry was proclaimed under t ...
,
Tarpeena, and
Mount Gambier to
Port MacDonnell
Port MacDonnell, originally known as ''Ngaranga''Christina Smith, The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines: A Sketch of Their Habits, Customs, Legends, and Language', Spiller, 1880 is the southernmost town in South Australia. The smal ...
and nearby
Cape Northumberland.
It passes through
grazing and
cereal
A cereal is any Poaceae, grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, Cereal germ, germ, and bran. Cereal Grain, grain crops are grown in greater quantit ...
-growing land,
horticultural and
vineyards (within the following wine regions -
Padthaway,
Wrattonbully
Wrattonbully is a wine region in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia's South East, between the Padthaway and Coonawarra regions, between the Riddoch Highway and the Victorian border.Longbottom et al., 2011, page 20
The Wrattonbul ...
,
Coonawarra and
Mount Gambier), and
plantation timber, predominantly
pinus radiata.
The
Royal Automobile Association of South Australia
The Royal Automobile Association of South Australia (RAA) is a South Australian automobile club providing a range of member services. These services include: 24-hour emergency breakdown, vehicle inspection, motoring advocacy, road safety, motor ...
has rated the highway at 5/10.
Major intersections
See also
*
Highways in Australia
*
List of highways in South Australia
References
External links
Riddoch Highway webpage on Ozroads website
{{Road infrastructure in South Australia
Highways in South Australia
Roads in South Australia