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Place in South Australia

Yorkeys Crossing Emeroo, South Australia
Yorkeys Crossing
Coordinates	32°24′11″S 137°45′10″E / 32.40306°S 137.75278°E / -32.40306; 137.75278
Location	7.4 km (5 mi) north of Port Augusta
LGA(s)	‘Out of Councils’

Yorkey Crossing or Yorkeys Crossing is a ford in the Australian state of South Australia located at the head of Spencer Gulf in the gazetted locality of Emeroo about 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) north of Port Augusta. As of 2014, it is the site of an unsealed road that serves as a by-pass route around the head of the gulf for 'over dimensional vehicles' (i.e. greater than 4 m (13 ft) wide and 5.8 m (19 ft) high), which are not permitted to cross the gulf using the Joy Baluch AM Bridge. It is also near the location of the crossing (also known as Yorkey Crossing) for the Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta Railway (now called the Trans-Australian Railway) built after 1911. It is considered to be the most north easterly part of Eyre Peninsula and is popular with railway enthusiasts.

It is commonly known by the possessive 'Yorkey's Crossing', such as when mentioned in episode 3 of the 2020 ABC television drama Stateless.

References

^ "Search result for 'Yorkeys Crossing' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ Port Augusta Road Management Plan (Draft); Port Augusta – Port Wakefield Road, Stuart Highway, Eyre Highway, Yorkey Crossing Road (PDF). Department for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. March 2012. pp. 3 & 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
Say, Steph (7 May 2014). "Yorkeys Crossing issue continues". The Transcontinental, Port Augusta. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
"Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta Railway Act 1911". Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
"Search result for 'Eyre Peninsula' with the following dataset selected -'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
"The future of Yorkeys Crossing". 9 March 2018.

Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

Cities

Townships

Governance

Federal division	Grey (part)
State electoral districts	Flinders Giles Stuart
Local Government	Ceduna DC Cleve DC Elliston DC Franklin Harbour DC Kimba DC Lower Eyre Peninsula DC City of Port Augusta (part) City of Port Lincoln Streaky Bay DC Tumby Bay DC City of Whyalla Wudinna DC

Protected areas

Coastal features

West coast	Anxious Bay Calca Peninsula Cape Blanche Cape Carnot Cape Catastrophe Cape Finniss Cape Radstock Cape Wiles Coffin Bay Peninsula Jussieu Peninsula Mount Dutton Bay Point Avoid Point Labatt Point Weyland Point Whidbey Slade Point Sleaford Bay Fishery Bay
East coast	Cape Burr Cape Donington Cape Hardy Lipson Cove Lucky Bay Memory Cove Point Boston Point Lowly Yorkey Crossing

Islands adjoining Eyre Peninsula coast

West coast	Baird Bay Jones Island Unnamed island, Baird Bay Eba Island Grantham Island Nicolas Baudin Island Pigface Island
East coast	Bicker Isles Boston Island Curlew Island Entrance Island Lipson Island Little Island Louth Island Tumby Island

Infrastructure

Highways	Birdseye Highway Eyre Highway (part) Flinders Highway Lincoln Highway Tod Highway
Railways	BHP Whyalla Tramway Coffin Bay Tramway Eyre Peninsula Railway Port Lincoln railway station
Other	Joy Baluch AM Bridge Tod Reservoir

Related and uncategorised

The Peninsulas zone (wine)

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