Sylvia Birdseye Memorial - SA

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Position

DEG: -33.507809 135.317108
DMS: 33º 30' 28.11" S 135º 19' 1.59" E
UTM: 53 H 6292370mN 529452mE
Altitude: 43.61m

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Birdseye Highway
Coolillie SA 5670
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The memorial commemorates Sylvia Birdseye who was the first woman to hold a commercial bus licence. Sylvia and her husband, Sydney, started a service from Adelaide to Port Augusta, which was extended to Port Lincoln in 1933, Streaky Bay in 1938 and eventually to Ceduna. The roads on the Eyre Peninsula, particularly in the early days, were often just horse tracks. They were extremely difficult to negotiate for buses. Sylvia earned a reputation for driving skill, resourcefulness and toughness: wearing her signature overalls, she changed her own tyres, performed most of the maintenance and repairs on her buses, and negotiated even the toughest creek crossings and sand banks.

The Birdseye Highway across Eyre Peninsula between Cowell and Elliston is named in her honour.
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Closest Weather Station

Elliston at 04/09:00am CDT
Distance from Sylvia Birdseye Memorial 42.76km W
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
16.7°C16.3°C78%12.9°C1019.0hPa0.0mmSSW7km/hr
4knots
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Closest Climatic Station

Elliston
Distance from Sylvia Birdseye Memorial 42.76km W
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C25.825.624.222.319.417.116.417.219.221.523.524.5
Mean Min. °C15.715.914.312.210.38.57.88.39.511.113.114.6
Mean Rain mm10.213.415.127.552.173.070.559.139.730.319.516.7

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