Myponga is located at the centre of rich grazing and dairy country, where herds of Friesian cows are often joined at dusk by mobs of grey kangaroos. Myponga offers a gateway to many beautiful beaches including Aldinga Beach, Port Willunga and Maslin, South Australia���s first official nude bathing beach.

Where is it?: Fleuriey Peninsula. 58 kilometres south of Adelaide.

Places of interest: weekend Gourmet Food and Farmers Market; Myponga Country Markets; Myponga boutique brewery; Myponga Conservation Park

Myponga Reservoir

Myponga Reservoir is fed by the Myponga River and other rivers in the Myponga catchment. It provides about 5% of the City of Adelaide's water supply[1] and is the main source of filtered water for southern metropolitan Adelaide and the southern coast area. Plans to utilise the Myponga River catchment as a major storage area were made in 1945. Construction began in 1957 and was completed in 1962, flooding what was from 1840 known as Lovely Valley.

The reservoir was searched for the bodies of the Beaumont children, and Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon in early 1990, based on evidence against Bevan Spencer von Einem delivered by "Mr. B", a witness. No remains were found there.

Origin of name: the name derived from the Aboriginal word maippunga meaning locality of high cliffs.

Brief history: Many years ago, large gum trees were felled here and prepared for use in the Broken Hill mines. In the early 1950s uranium was discovered and mining prospects investigated, however no mines were developed.