tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328768110772820784.post579247729828782703..comments2023-08-07T06:59:09.196+08:00Comments on NIK `N` OFF: Whyalla - Port MinlacowieMickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498695011729762335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328768110772820784.post-81326658917112863312009-10-26T19:13:15.307+08:002009-10-26T19:13:15.307+08:00They are all chicken feed compared to the Cape Lam...They are all chicken feed compared to the Cape Lambert loading facility jetty - something like 2.7 km from memory - maybe more. Somewhere in Qld claims to have a similar sized jetty. However SA have rebuilt the jetties in each coastal town, unlike WA where unless the community can raise the funds, the jetties just go.Motherhennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328768110772820784.post-86084042063829631002009-03-19T18:54:00.000+09:002009-03-19T18:54:00.000+09:00Hi S&R, yes that is correct i will have to cor...Hi S&R, yes that is correct i will have to correct that inacuracy, can't trust those Crow eaters<BR/><BR/>[quote]<BR/>The 140-year-old Busselton Jetty, measured at 1841 metres, is the longest wooden jetty (pier) in the southern hemisphere and today is one of Australia's most unique eco-tourism sites. <BR/><BR/>AND Germein Jetty<BR/><BR/><BR/>Between 1881 and the arrival of the railway in 1934, Port Germein was the scene of much activity. Its population was 364 in 1901. The jetty was opened in 1881 and extended by 122 metres to a length of 1680 metres in 1883. The present length, following storm damage, is 1532 metres.<BR/><BR/>The jetty was the longest in Australia, and one of the longest in the Southern Hemisphere.[/quote]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328768110772820784.post-12297072070444561432009-03-19T17:24:00.000+09:002009-03-19T17:24:00.000+09:00We overnighted at Port Germain a couple of years a...We overnighted at Port Germain a couple of years ago. I'm sure they would be appalled to hear that the jetty at Busselton is longer than theirs.<BR/><BR/>Had a meal at the pub too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com