Yorkey Crossing

Yorkeys Crossing
Emeroo[1], South Australia
Yorkeys Crossing is located in South Australia
Yorkeys Crossing
Yorkeys Crossing
Coordinates32°24′11″S 137°45′10″E / 32.40306°S 137.75278°E / -32.40306; 137.75278[1]
Location7.4 km (5 mi) north of Port Augusta
LGA(s)‘Out of Councils’[2][1]

Yorkey Crossing or Yorkeys Crossing is a ford in the Australian state of South Australia located at the head of Spencer Gulf in the gazetted locality of Emeroo about 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) north of Port Augusta. As of 2014, it is the site of an unsealed road that serves as a by-pass route around the head of the gulf for 'over dimensional vehicles' (i.e. greater than 4 m (13 ft) wide and 5.8 m (19 ft) high), which are not permitted to cross the gulf using the Joy Baluch AM Bridge. It is also near the location of the crossing (also known as Yorkey Crossing) for the Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta Railway (now called the Trans-Australian Railway) built after 1911. It is considered to be the most north easterly part of Eyre Peninsula and is popular with railway enthusiasts.[2][3][1][4][5]

It is commonly known by the possessive 'Yorkey's Crossing', such as when mentioned in episode 3 of the 2020 ABC television drama Stateless.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d "Search result for 'Yorkeys Crossing' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b Port Augusta Road Management Plan (Draft); Port Augusta – Port Wakefield Road, Stuart Highway, Eyre Highway, Yorkey Crossing Road (PDF). Department for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. March 2012. pp. 3 & 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. ^ Say, Steph (7 May 2014). "Yorkeys Crossing issue continues". The Transcontinental, Port Augusta. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta Railway Act 1911". Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Search result for 'Eyre Peninsula' with the following dataset selected -'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. ^ "The future of Yorkeys Crossing". 9 March 2018.