Wudinna, South Australia
Wudinna is a small town with 513 inhabitants in South Australia, located on the Eyre Peninsula. The city is 257 km from Port Augusta and 569 km from Adelaide and is located on the Eyre Highway. The city is the seat Wudinna District Council. Wudinna is called in the language of Aboriginal granite hill.
The area was first settled in 1861 by Robert Standley, a Europeans. Wudinna was appointed in 1916 to the city. The place is located in the so-called granite country and tourists visit the area with his surveys of granite, the Ucontitchie Hill, Mount Wudinna and Turtle Rock. Weathering interesting rock shapes have formed in the parklands surrounding the city that can be walked on paths. Granite is broken on a large scale since 1990 at Mount Wudinna, which is not only built in Australia, but also exported to Asia and Europe. The Mount Wudinna is located about 12 kilometers northeast of the city, after Mount Augustus is the second largest monolith in Australia.
From Wudinna from the Gawler Ranges National Park or a little further away Pinkawillinie - Conservation Park can be reached. The place has accommodation (hotels, motel and caravan park ) and shops, a hospital and a cultural center, the Gawler Ranges Cultural Centre, which exhibits the works of art of the Aboriginal. Near the town there is an airport.