Look back over the year on the Eyre Peninsula with our giant collection of photos.
JANUARY 1: Sailors from around Australia travelled to Boston Bay, with Port Lincoln hosting the 47th Fireball Australian Championships. Pictured are Gordon Lucas and Chay Haldane aboard Second Wind.
JANUARY 3: Oscar Hamilton-Reid with friends Cleo and Sheridan Graske kept cool as temperatures soarded over 42 degrees.
JANUARY 7: Local man Jedd Routledge was selected to represent South Australia in an Australian Rural Leadership course.
JANUARY 15: MFS regional commander Phil Kilsby outside the gutted Target Country Port Lincoln store after fire destroyed the building. A 14-year-old youth was arrested for arson.
JANUARY 29: Mr Eyre Travel Vittorio Dal Grand was named Tunarama Ambassador at the Gala Ball in the Port Lincoln Hotel, and was the first male to win the quest.
JANUARY 31: Greg Norman visited Port Lincoln met with Dean Lukin Junior and Dean Lukin Senior to look at designing a shark-shaped golf course which forms the centrepiece of a concept plan for the future of the former BHP land.
FEBRUARY 5: Lower Eyre Peninsula residents stepped up their recycling since waste transfer stations began operating in Coffin Bay and Cummins, recycling 120 tonnes of cardboard alone. Transfer station manager Jim Newland is pictured with around six tonnes of cardboard, a fraction of what has been recycled.
FEBRUARY 7: Port Lincoln police officers Constables Paul Bartley and Josh Bourne were trained in bicycle patrols to help keep our streets safer.
FEBRUARY 19: Secret Men’s Business reached Port Lincoln to win the Lexus Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race in 17 hours, 24 minutes and 54 seconds. The boat sails with the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia, and was skippered by Geoff Boettcher, with locals Steve Kemp and Andy Dyer two of the 12 crew.
FEBRUARY 21: Two local wineries were recognised for producing some of the best wine in Australia and New Zealand by Winestate, Australia’s oldest wine publication. Gardnew’s Vineyard at North Shields and Boston Bay Wines were among 10,000 wines tasted, and were in the top 60 wines featured. Pictured is Robert Gardner of Gardner’s Vineyard with his grenache which was listed as one of the 60 best affordable wines.
MARCH 12: People across Eyre Peninsula suffered through hot, humid and ultimately wet weather, with thunderstorms dumping up to 75mm of rain in some regions. Lock was one of the hardest hit regions, with local businesses and homes flooded. Photo by Barry Hockaday.
MARCH 14: The $39 million Port Lincoln Hospital upgrade began. Silver Thomas Hanley Perth architects principal Raymond V. Basham is pictured with Port Lincoln Health Advisory Council’s Bruce Green, Cheesman Architects’ Scott Boyd-Turner and Port Lincoln Hospital redevelopment project officer Virginia Holness.
MARCH 19: Charlton won this season’s Port Lincoln Cricket Association A grade premiership.
MARCH 21: Violent crimes and assaults on weekends were out of control, with locals calling for something to be done. Bianca Coombs encouraged people to speak out about assaults on FaceBook, prompting a strong response from locals.
APRIL 11: The new Cummins Swimming Pool and Sporting Centre was officially opened. Pictured are Cummins Recreation Canteen and Changerooms Building committee members Liz Mickan, Jacqui Nelligan, Jo-Anne Quigley, Heather Norton, Richard May and Lyall Dolling.
APRIL 16: Sixty tomato, savoury and chili sauces kept the judges at A Saucy Day in Cuummins busy, with Harlene Klein’s tomato sauce made from her home grown tomatoes taking out the all your own section.
APRIL 25: Kelvin Blacker was 19 when he left his life in Cummins and signed up for the Army during World War Two, fighting in the 2/27th Battalion alongside about 20 other soldiers from Eyre Peninsula. He joined in Anzac Day celebrations to remember and honour his friends.
APRIL 30: An above average olive harvest was enjoyed by Eyre Peninsula growers, which was a big improvement on the the previous seasons which had been down by about 60 per cent. Olive press owner and grower Peter Green picked his first commercial harvest from trees affected by the 2005 bushfire.
MAY 9: Port Lincoln hockey player Jim Stockham returned home after representing Australia in the Men’s Country Hockey team touring Singapore and Hong Kong.
MAY 16: St Vincent de Paul Society Port Lincoln president Peter Ryan said Port Lincoln was not immune to the challenges the organiseation was seeing due to cost of living increases. Pictured are volunteers Peggy Martin and Shirley Thorpe with store manager Margaret Reynolds and president Peter Ryan.
MAY 21: State parliament passed a bill including burial rights for stillborn babies less than 20 weeks as a result of Tarlia Bartsch’s Jayden’s Law campaign, which began after Mrs Bartsch was denied the right for a birth certificate when her son Jayden was stillborn at 19 weeks. Mrs Bartsch is pictured with sons Marco and Jaxon at Jayden’s burial site.
JUNE 6: Kym Clarke of Kym Clarke Constructions at the finished community grandstand at Centenary Oval. The grandstand was the final part of the overall facility upgrade, and was opened in time for thousands of fans who attended the annual Mortlock Shield carnival.
JUNE 11: Great Flinders defeated L:incoln City 19-7 (121) to 5-5 (35) to win the Mortlock Shield title. Pictured with the Mortlock Shield are vice-captain Bradley Hazelgrove, captain George Pedler, vice-captain Michael Crettenden and coach David McPharlin.
JULY 11: Outstanding conditions on Lower Eyre Peninsula for crop germination led to excellent early crop growth, giving farmers and their families, like Harvey and Ava Pedler a spring in their step this winter.
JULY 18: Sardine fishers finished their season on a high catching the best size fish seen in two years. Pictured is the Christina S skippered by Steven Sarunic.
AUGUST 4: Passengers flew out of the new Port Lincoln Airport terminal in August, with the completion of the $13.2 million upgrade a milestone for the Lower Eyre Peninsula District Council. Pictured are LEP District Council mayor Julie Low and acting chief executive officer Leith Blacker.
AUGUST 6: A dead 12-metre Southern Right Whale washed up at Bolingbroke Beach, prompting the South Australian Museum to come and retrieve the skeleton and transport it back to the Adelaide.
AUGUST 15: Port Lincoln dragon boater Gail Richardson returned home from the dragon boating world championships in Szeged, Hungary with two silver medals and a bronze.
AUGUST 13: The Coffin Bay community responded well to a full-time police presence, with senior constable Noel Fealy starting a 12-month trial.
AUGUST 20: Government schools were officially notified they could not use rainwater for drinking when there is mains water available. Kirton Point Primary students Tate Pietrala and Kameron Miegel were some of the students affected.
SEPTEMBER 19: Port Lincoln experienced an extremely wet September with the town getting more than a quarter of its average monthly rainfall in a day. Gia Thomson from Little Swamp was one of the residents who ended up received a total of 49 millimetres of rain over one week, surpassing the monthly average of 42.4mm.
SEPTEMBER 16: Pope’s Honey claimed sweet victory at the Royal Adelaide Show, bringing home a raft of awards for honey and wax. The label, run by Norm and Val Pope, scored three first prizes, for wax, creamed honey and liquid honey, and a second.
SEPTEMBER 17: Ramblers won the 2013 A-grade premiership with a six-goal win over Cougars, 13.10 (88) to 7.10 (52).
SEPTEMBER 21: Tasman took back-to-back premierships with a strong win over Lincoln South 18.9 (117) to 7.6 (48).
OCTOBER 1: The SES West Operations co-ordination unit was preparing for a very severe fire season due to a wet winter and spring resulting in prolific plant growth. Pictured are deputy unit manager Ernie Irwin and observation tower manager Bob Boyle.
OCTOBER 8:Television personality Michael Angelakis cooked up a storm in Port Lincoln as part of a trip across Eyre Peninsula promoting seafood.
OCTOBER 10: Port Lincoln abalone diver Greg Pickering recovered from a second shark attack in ten years. Mr Pickering was attacked by a great white shark at Poison Creek, about 180 kilometres east of Esperence in Western Australia, sustaining lacerations to his upper torso and face.
OCTOBER 24: Extreme winds caused havoc across Eyre Peninsula with the SES attending 20 call outs. The worst hit areas were Coffin Bay and Wangary with two shacks, one at Kellidie Bay (pictured) and one in Dutton Bay, losing their rooves.
NOVEMBER 5: Local racehorse owners David and Lynlea Puglisi traveled to Flemington to watch two horses they have a part share in race. Hawkspur ran in the Melbourne Cup and Arinosa raced in the fourth race of the day. Pictured is trainer Chris Waller with Hawkspur.
NOVEMBER 7: Port Lincoln local Gary Blayney lost his left eye when he was attacked by a teenager with a slingshot outside his home. My Blayney was flown to Adelaide to undergo operations and treatment.
NOVEMBER 14: Robots, bugs, slime and will take centre stage when non-profit science organisation SciWorld visits Port Lincoln next year. Port Lincoln mayor Bruce Green and Port Lincoln High School laboratory technician Sandi Burke tested the elephant toothpaste experiment to promote the planned visit.
NOVEMBER 19: Around 1200 visitors disembarked from Volendam which was the first cruise ship of the season to dock at Port Lincoln. Pictured are passengers Salndy Reilly and Sue Evans from Liverpool and Kathy and Bob Richmond from Long Beach, California.
NOVEMBER 21: Ravendale Sportling Complex chairman and city councillor Mick Bascombe supported the council’s decision to stop oval lights being turned on before 8pm to cut bills, with savings of up to $7000 projected over the summer sporting season.
NOVEMBER 26: Local dentist Jarrad Elson returned to Port Lincoln to work and supports the Eyre Peninula Community Foundation’s push to attract and retain young professionals in the region.
DECEMBER 3: A family of nine had their rented home destroyed by fire, with police believing intruders broke in and stole property before setting fire to a vehicle and the home. The fire caused an estimated $400,000 damage. The family was staying with relatives in Cleve at the time of the incident.
DECEMBER 3: More than 100 lightening strikes over a weekend kept CFS crews busy after a number of crop fires were reported. While there were no major fires, the conditions caused communities concern, although light rain following the strikes assisted the CFS in controlling any outbreaks.
DECEMBER 3: The start of the prawn season saw local fishers at sea experiencing a number of windy nights, thunderstorms and lightning influencing the early success of the catch. Pictured is local fisher Lincoln FOrd with a king prawn he caught.
DECEMBER 5: Kirton Bowling Club members said they had had enough of ongoing vandalism, abuse and theft, with members believing local young people living nearby were responsible. Club president Steve Baust said the club had been suffering ongoing problems and had informed the local council and asked the police to keep a close eye on the area.
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