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2026-04-12 18:44 UTC

#SerenityInOz— a quiz about Australian stuff — Mon 13 April, 2026 (Please boost for reach, and try to CW your answers) ——— :questionbox: what’s my anglo name? i am the name of a region centred around Meningie in south australia i am also the name of a coastal lagoon in south australia and i am also the name of a national park in south australia about 156 km south east of adelaide the national park protects a coastal lagoon ecosystem situated on Ngarrindjeri country, and my anglo name is presumably derived from a Ngarrindjeri word meaning neck, or long and narrow the western end of the lagoon is near the mouth of the murray river (near hindmarsh island) and i extend south east along the younghusband peninsula the beach on the coastal side is the longest beach in australia i am a place of enormous biodiversity, and especially well known as the setting for colin thiele’s 1964 novel storm boy, a 1976 movie based on that novel and a 2019 remake of the movie The largest pelican rookery in Australia is in this region at Jack Point, just off the Princes Highway and about 7 km (4.3 mi) north of Salt Creek.

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