Suicide Bridge - SA

Suicide Bridge

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -33.892502 140.948593

DMS: 33º 53' 33.01" S 140º 56' 54.94" E

UTM: 54 H 6249762mN 495247mE

Altitude: 24.61m

Place Type

Recreation - Tourist Attraction

Location

244.71kms NorthEast of Adelaide - Driving 305 km (4 hours 11 mins)
566.3kms NorthWest of Melbourne - Driving 727 km (8 hours 28 mins)
766.3kms West of Canberra - Driving 987 km (11 hours 4 mins)

Address & Contact

Chowilla Game Reserve
South Australia

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

According to Mr Jock Robertson of Chowilla Station, from stories handed down through his family, tenders were called for the building of a bridge to cross Lake Littra inlet in the early 1900’s. Lake Littra’s inlet is actually at the bottom of the Lake and the Outlet is at the Top of the Lake. The successful person that had the job of building the bridge thought that the inlet was at the top of the Lake and built this bridge actually over the outlet. By building the bridge in the wrong location, the authorities refused to pay the contractor and it was reported that the contractor was not able to pay his debts for building the bridge and committed suicide off of the bridge.

PlaceID	78751

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TrekNotes Near This Place (1)

Chowilla Old Coach Road

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Lake Victoria at 01/09:00am EST

Distance from Suicide Bridge 33.46km SE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
9.5°C	°C	80%	6.3°C	hPa	0.0mm	-	km/hr knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Lake Victoria Storage

Distance from Suicide Bridge 33.46km SE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	32.1	31.6	28.4	23.5	19.0	15.7	15.3	17.2	20.4	23.7	27.3	30.3
Mean Min. °C	16.5	16.5	14.0	10.5	7.7	5.8	5.3	6.1	8.1	10.6	13.2	15.3
Mean Rain mm	19.5	19.4	14.6	18.1	23.7	23.1	24.9	23.7	24.1	27.3	23.7	20.7