Aboriginal people knew this location as Corabinna,meaning 'tied up'.
Dutch sailing ships visited this area in 1627 and also Matthew Flinders who landed at Fowler's Bay in 1802 officially mapping the area. In 1858, Naval Officer Bloomfield Douglas,in charge of the schooner Yatala, named Laura Bay, supposedly after one of his five daughters.
In 1911 a timber platform was constructed on the headland to load bagged grain onto ketches after being hauled in from nearby farms on horse-drawn drays. Although the platform has been removed you can still find the site from the cutting in the limestone.
The large stone water storage tank and gutters beside the road to the carpark were built in 1914 to collect run-off water for local farmers in times of drought.
From The Chronicle, 28 May 1927, page 58e A school opened in 1927 and closed in 1937.
"Laura Bay was about 20 miles from Ceduna and there were 12 children, one of whom was 12 years of age, and none of them were attending school.If a school could not be provided, the children should be conveyed to Ceduna by means of motor conveyances.One farmer had said that he would not send his children to school, as he wanted them to gather sticks on the land.It is a pity the need of education in the remote parts of the country should be over-ruled by rules and regulations.The stipulated number of 20 before a school should be supplied was too high"
While exploring we discovered a friends ancestor, Tom Blumson, originally owned this land.
When Tom handed the land over to preserve as a conservation park, his shearing shed that was located here was transported by horse and dray to a surrounding farm.
There are a number of the Blumsons buried in the Ceduna cemetery.
The colours of the water at Laura Bay and the surrounding beaches are spectacular and some of the best you will see along the amazing west coast of South Australia. We hope you can post some photographs to show the range of colours throughout each season.
Although the beaches offer beautiful places for swimming please be aware that white pointer sharks enter the bay at all times of the year.
Turning off Eyre Highway to Laura Bay you will see Dog Fence Road.The Dingo Fence or Dog Fence is a pest-exclusion fence which was built in Australia during the 1880's to keep dingoes out of the fertile south-east part of the continent and protect the sheep flocks of southern Queensland.It is one of the longest structures in the world and is the world's longest fence. It stretches 5,614 km from Jimbour on the Darling Downs through thousands of kilometres west of Eyre Peninsula on cliffs of the Nullarbor Plain above the Great Australian Bight near Nundroo.
These roads are accessible by 2WD in the drier months, but only by 4WD in the wet.
You are searching for a fruit container with the usual log book, pencil and swaps.
Due to strong winds here please replace the cache under it's secure shelter so it stays safe.
There is no fee to enter the park, only if camping overnight.
Please respect and protect this unspoilt location and park within the roped area at all times.
We hope you enjoy your visit.
WARNING: Please DO NOT attempt driving to the parking area in a low vehicle.
A maintenance plan has been submitted with this cache.