Qualla: Wilson Bluff https://qualla.com/wilson-bluff-western-and-south-australian-border en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:26 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Wilson Bluff https://qualla.com/wilson-bluff-western-and-south-australian-border Wilson Bluff: Introduction https://qualla.com/wilson-bluff-western-and-south-australian-border/ Run your finger up a map of Australia's southern coast and you will find one place where the border between two states is not a wandering river or a ridge of hills but a perfectly straight line - the 129th meridian, ruled across the continent by surveyors. Follow that line down to the sea and it lands here, on a chalk-white headland above the Great Australian Bight. This is Wilson Bluff, the point where Western Australia and South Australia shake hands at the edge of the world, and where the longest run of sea cliffs in the country starts its march eastward.

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