common responses for religion were Uniting Church 25.0% and No Religion 22.4%. Facilities and attractions Karoonda Area School was the first area school in South Australia. Pioneer Park on East Terrace is being developed as a Malleelands Pioneer Railways and farm museum, with displays of harvest machinery, ploughs, railway rolling stock and facilities already in place. The Nature Trail & Bush Walk is adjacent. There is an obelisk to commemorate the Karoonda meteorite in the RSL Park on Railway Terrace. Climate Karoonda experiences a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk), Trewartha: BSal); with warm, dry summers; mild, relatively dry springs and autumns; and mild, relatively dry winters. Lowaldie The Lowaldie railway station was east of Karoonda and also had a small town surveyed, with a school and post office operating for some time. These have all closed, and the former institute building is used as a private residence. The station was originally named Lowalde in 1913, but when the town was proclaimed in 1914, the spelling used was Lowaldie. The name is derived from a Ngarrindjeri word meaning "summer". Photo gallery References Towns in South Australia