Warburto Point is a headland located on the west coast of the Yorke Peninsula in

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about south west of the town of Wallaroo. The point is described by one source as being ‘a rocky projection that extends about W(est) from the mainland’ and that ‘it is high and is fringed by mangroves along each of its sides.’ The land at the tip of the point has been part of the

Bird Islands Conservation Park Bird Islands Conservation Park is a protected area in eastern Spencer Gulf, South Australia. It is located at Warburto Point on Yorke Peninsula, about south of the town of Wallaroo. In 1991, land additions were made to the park to include ...

since 1972. Since 1995, it has been the site of a

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in the form of a light tower which was commissioned to replace the lighthouse on Tiparra Reef. It is also the site of a coastal weather station operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

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Headlands of South Australia Yorke Peninsula Spencer Gulf {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub