Wool Bay

History

The town was originally called Pickering when it was established on 24 August 1876. For many years, the town functioned as a wool, grain and lime exporting port. Between 1900 and 1910, six lime kilns were built on the cliffs overlooking the bay. Lime was burnt to create quicklime, an ingredient in mortar and brick-making. The kilns were one of the largest and most modern facilities in the state when they were established by David Miller & Sons, and opened in 1910. The Wool Bay lime kilns closed in the 1960s and most of the kilns and associated infrastructure were demolished in the 1970s. One kiln remains and was listed along with the jetty under the name of Wool Bay Lime Kiln & Jetty on the South Australian Heritage Register on 28 November 1985. Limestone is still mined at Klein Point north of the township of Wool Bay, and shipped from a separate jetty to the Adbri facility near Port Adelaide.

Most-observed species

• Silver Gull

  Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) · Aves
  185
• Pacific Gull

  Larus pacificus Latham, 1801 · Aves
  156
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  137
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  126
• Singing Honeyeater

  Gavicalis virescens (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  124
• Pied Cormorant

  Phalacrocorax varius (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  122
• Red Wattlebird

  Anthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  122
• White-faced Heron

  Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  113

Most recent

• M 4 — 2022-03-05
  3 km SW of Mount Barker, Australia
• M 3.3 — 2011-10-18
  3 km ESE of Hawthorndene, Australia
• M 2.8 — 2007-07-08
  26 km SW of Normanville, Australia
• M 2.9 — 2004-11-25
  18 km W of Kingscote, Australia
• M 2.7 — 2003-09-22
  11 km SSE of Normanville, Australia