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Smoked Oysters Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 3/6/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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The Smoky Bay Oyster Industry 1988-2008

The Smoky Bay Oyster Industry started in 1988 when Selwyn "Kiwi" Evans applied for an oyster lease. He was granted 10 ha. 5 ha inshore and 5 ha offshore. By late 1989 early 1990 there were 87 ha granted in Smoky Bay and 12 growers taking the biggest gamble of their lives. Most came from the land so they knew there was a lot of hard yakka in front of them.

With wrong site locations the growers moved their leases from inshore to an area offshore known as the Vinya and the community lease. The oyster industry has not looked back. The Vinya is a prime oyster growing area due to right water flow and pristine unpolluted water entering from both sides of Eyre Island and also close to deep water where the nutrients are.

In 1998 the oyster growers in conjunction with the Ceduna council got together and developed the aquaculture park you can see at the location of the cache. The park consists of 46 quarter acre blocks with around 25 oyster businesses operating from the park.

Smoky Bay supplies 30% of the state's market with most of the oysters going to the Australian domestic market.

If you feel inclined, you can sample the local oysters from the general store

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