Sceale Bay (formerly Yanera) (pronounced "Scale Bay") is a small town 32 km south of

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on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. With a permanent population of only 28, the town's numbers increase by threefold over the summer

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period. The town is primarily an isolated holiday destination, with nothing in the way of commerce or industry occurring in its bounds. The

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which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Sceale Bay had a population of 42 people.

Geography

The township of Sceale Bay lies on the

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of the same name. The protected waters of the bay have long sandy beaches with minimal swell. However the exposed coast surrounding the bay feels the full force of the Southern Ocean swells.

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and diverse

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formations can be found on the coast bordering the bay. Inland is highly unremarkable for the most part, with

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land dominating the scenery. .

History

The bay was named Sceale Bay by Captain Bloomfield Douglas of the South Australian Marine Board in 1858. The town was proclaimed with the name of Yanera on 25 October 1888. It was officially renamed Sceale Bay in 1940. A jetty was built to service the coastal traders in 1910, but despite a fierce fight to save it, was demolished in 1972. The locality was created on 12 April 2001 and was given the "long established name". Its boundaries include the Government Town of Sceale Bay. The locality's boundaries were revised on 21 July 2017 to include a parcel of land from the adjoining locality of Yanerbie to satisfy an "administrative direction from the

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to place all of Allotment 1051, DP.111974 within Sceale Bay."

Tourism

The town is a minor tourist destination, but the small size of the town and restricted accommodation keeps numbers low. A caravan park once existed in the town, as well as a new general store that provided petrol, take away food, fishing and camping needs but has also since closed down Fishing is the areas major attraction, with boat, rock and beach fishing all possible in the vicinity of the town. All year round the deep reefs hold Snapper,

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, Nannygai, Whiting,

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and in the summer, Bluefin Tuna congregate on the offshore lumps. Whiting,

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and Salmon can be caught in the calmer protected waters. A boat ramp is located in Sceale Bay.

Murphy's Haystacks Murphy's Haystacks are inselberg rock formations located at Mortana, between Streaky Bay and Port Kenny on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. They are of a 'tumulus' form of weathered granite outcrop. They are made of a pink, massive, coar ...

are roughly 15 minutes drive from the township.

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s in close proximity of Sceale Bay include the Cape Blanche Conservation Park and the Nicolas Baudin Island Conservation Park about and respectively to the west, the

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about to the east and the

Sceale Bay Conservation Park Sceale Bay Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Yanerbie about north of the town of Sceale Bay. The conservation park was pro ...

about to the north. Sceale Bay Conservation Park was proclaimed in June 2006 to aid in the protection of native flora and fauna, particularly the seal colony located in the bay.

Notes and references

External links

Streaky Bay Council page
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