See the world's longest fence!
Nature & Parks
The Dog Fence near Coober Pedy was built to keep wild dingoes away from sheep farms, this wire barrier stretches for over 5,600km across Australia’s outback!
Built in 1885 to protect the sheep in the southern states, by keeping out dingoes and other wild dogs. Originally 8,614 km long, it was shortened in the 1980's. This phenomenal fence spans from Queensland in the north-east to the Great Australian Bight in South Australia in the south to protect the south-eastern farms.
Protection measures against dingoes by this fence, include a height of up to 2 metres and it extends 30 cm into the ground to prevent digging underneath. Other measures along the fence include lighting and poison bait traps.
