This group on the Whyalla jetty at the final defects inspection 25 June 2021 holding awards that this Jetty has already won.

This group on the Whyalla jetty at the final defects inspection 25 June 2021 holding awards that this Jetty has already won. Pictured above (from left to right)

  • Kristen Clark (City of Whyalla) - client

  • Terry Magryn (Magryn) -designer

  • Adam Bolton (Maritime Constructions) – builder

  • Rick Gayler – Superintendents Representative

This year the City of Whyalla took out the IPWEA SA’s prestigious Best Public Works Project over $5.0m The Whyalla Jetty opened Sept 2020 and already had 80,000 people visit since then.

Jetty Facts:

  • Width = 4.5m.

  • Length = 165m.

  • Loop circumference = 150m.

  • Total length including loop = 315m.

  • Supported by 102 pylons driven into the seabed.

  • Made of industrial-strength pre-cast concrete slabs suitable for marine environments.

  • Steel mesh sides act as a windbreak.

  • Brushed steel balustrade along entire length.

  • Bespoke lighting installed inside the top handrail. Each 500mm of handrail has a 50mm LED pod around the entire length of the interior and exterior balustrade.

  • 45m access ramp, built to Australian standards.

  • Open sections allow for children and people in wheelchairs to have an unobstructed view.

  • Six locations around the exterior of the jetty have sliding sleeves on the top handrail sections for children or the disabled to fish from.

  • Made possible by State Government funding and structural steel donated by the local GFG Alliance Whyalla Steelworks