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The Woakwine Cutting was created in 1957 as a drainage cut through the range, draining into Lake George near Beachport, South Australia. Woakwine Cutting 10 kilometres north of Beachport was created to drain swampland for pastoral use. The lower south east landscape reflects its distinct geology with limestone aquifers and ridges of stranded coastal dunes lying roughly parallel to the current coastline but some distance inland. There are seven ridges of former dunes and hills across the South East and one near Millicent is used for the Lake Bonney Windfarm which generates about 1/16th of SA’s power needs on a windy day. Woakwine Cutting was a private drain started in 1957 by a local farmer, Murray McCourt, with water flowing through it for the first time in 1963. It was completed in 1960. McCourt petitioned the government drainage Board for years to get permission. The Cutting is up to 93 feet (27 m) deep. It was a mammoth task for a private landowner.

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