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Sunlands Irrigation Area - SA

Sunlands Irrigation Area

Place Name

Position

DEG: -34.13588 139.874634

DMS: 34º 08' 9.17" S 139º 52' 28.68" E

UTM: 54 H 6222206mN 396238mE

Altitude: 34.17m

Place Type

Population - Place Name

Location

146.48kms NorthEast of Adelaide
613.98kms NorthWest of Melbourne

Address & Contact

Norman Rd
Sunlands SA 5322

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Email: N/A

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Information

Sunlands Irrigation Scheme was made up in 2 parts,The first section 1000 acres, and Sunlands Extension 700 acres,It had undergone a huge clearing process of the Mallee,The underground fibro pipes were laid during 1961,The first settler, Ron Tilley & Son arrived and set up camp on March 13th 1961,In the following weeks they built a shed, took delivery of a 1961 Fiat 411R Tractor and began preparing their fruit block for planting of Citrus and stone fruit trees,

PlaceID	45057

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Gluepot at 30/09:00am CST

Distance from Sunlands Irrigation Area 47.51km NE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
8.7°C	7.1°C	86%	6.5°C	hPa	0.0mm	SSW	4km/hr 2knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot)

Distance from Sunlands Irrigation Area 47.51km NE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	33.8	32.7	29.0	25.0	20.5	17.2	16.9	19.0	22.6	25.3	29.2	31.1
Mean Min. °C	15.8	15.5	12.1	8.2	6.0	4.2	3.5	4.3	6.8	8.6	12.4	13.7
Mean Rain mm	14.8	24.3	17.0	17.6	18.8	24.5	21.8	18.6	21.6	25.5	31.1	36.7