Lochiel, South Australia
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Lochiel is a small town in the Mid North of South Australia 125 km north of Adelaide. The town lies beside on the western edge of Lake Bumbunga and at the eastern foot of the Hummocks Range. The Augus
The town entrance sign at Lochiel, depicting the seasonal pink colouration of Lake Bumbunga, the nearby hills, and horses pulling a salt scrape; the low wall in front depicts the "Loch Eel"
Lochiel's community hall
The "Loch Eel" sculpture in the shallows of Lake Bumbunga
Bumbunga, South Australia
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Bumbunga is a locality in the Mid North of South Australia 125 kilometres north of Adelaide. It lies 5 kilometres east of Lake Bumbunga.
Lochiel, South Australia
…of Snowtown, cementing a close relationship between Lochiel and Snowtown rather than the more distant Port Wakefield. In 1976, a resident of a farm at Bumbunga, just east of Lochiel, declared a secessionist micronation, the Province of Bumbunga. By 1999 it no longer existed. In the 2011 Australian census, the…
An east-facing 2006 photograph of an entrance to the former micronation, Province of Bumbunga