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Snowtown, 148km north of Adelaide, owes its name not to the weather but to
the whim of a State Governor. When he proclaimed the town in 1878, Sir Thomas
Jervois promptly named the town as a gesture of gratitude to his aide de camp,
Thomas Snow. The town's major thoroughfare, Fourth Street, hosts several standout
public buildings, including the handsome Snowtown Memorial, which was added
to the Old Institute in 1919, and St Canice's Catholic Church.
The salt lakes just outside the town, which once formed part of the upper
reaches of the Gulf St Vincent, and the Fauna and Wetlands Park are the outstanding
features of the local landscape. The locals, in fact, claim they can predict
the weather from the colour of the lakes: blue in fine weather, the lakes
are said to take on a pinkish hue when bad weather is on the horizon.
The road linking Lochiel and Ninnes to the south provides stunning views of
inland lakes and the countryside
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