The giant Australian cuttlefish breed each winter in a mass aggregation near Point Lowly.Southern right whales are occasional visitors to Point Lowly.
Point Lowly is the tip of a small peninsula north north-east of Whyalla in the Upper Spencer Gulf region of South Australia. The wider peninsula is shared by a combination of defence, industrial, residential, recreational and tourism interests. Port Bonython lies immediately to the north-west and is marked for future industrial expansion, driven by anticipated growth in the State's mining industry. The icons of the peninsula are the historic Point Lowly Lighthouse[4] and the mass breeding aggregation of Australian giant cuttlefish which occurs inshore each winter.
Point Lowly was named by Matthew Flinders during explorations in 1802. It also bears the lesser-known alternative name of Cap Lafontaine,[5] given by French explorer Nicolas Baudin during his explorations in the same period.
A boat-ramp exists north of the lighthouse for the benefit of commercial aquaculture operations and recreational users. Waters near Point Lowly include several popular grounds for snapper fishing.[6] The fishing of snapper in all South Australian waters is prohibited from 1 November through 15 December.[7]
^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Point Lowly (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^"District of Giles Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^"Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^Lighthouses of Australia Inc. "Lighthouses of South Australia - Point Lowly Lighthouse" Archived 20 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-11-15.
^Property Location Browser Archived 12 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Government of South Australia (accessed 2013-12-20)
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