Pinnaroo, South Australia
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Pinnaroo () is a town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia, near the border with Victoria 243 km east of Adelaide. Pinnaroo is on the Mallee Highway, and the railway line between Tailem Bend and Ouyen. The roadhouses on the highway are the first food and leg-stretch stop on the bus route from Adelaide to Sydney.
The railway arrived in the area in 1906. There had not been any significant development in the area before that, as the remoteness and difficulty of getting supplies in and produce out had made it uneconomic to farm before that. The Border Times is a weekly newspaper published in the town.
The railway is not currently available for transport between the states, as it was converted to standard gauge from Tailem Bend soon after the main Adelaide–Melbourne line was converted, but the line to Ouyen remains as broad gauge. Both sides are used to transport grain from silos along the railway line towards the ports in each state.
The postcode for Pinnaroo is 5304. Pinnaroo is the seat of the Southern Mallee District Council, and is in the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Hammond and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Barker.
In 2006 it is the areas centenary of the railway, to comemerate this Pinnaroo is having a Pinnaroo Centenary Celebrations Week from 26th of September to the 4th of October. During the week the school will be performing a musical and the Celebrations will finish with the Pinnaroo Show & Field Day,which the Governor of South Australia will be attending.
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