Goolwa Beach is both a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 67 kilometres (42 miles) south of the Adelaide city centre located on land overlooking Encounter Bay on the southern continental coastline,[1][3] and the name of the 11 km section of beach that runs from Goolwa Beach to the Murray Mouth.
| Goolwa Beach South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Goolwa Beach | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°30′49″S 138°46′11″E / 35.513530°S 138.769750°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,128 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1993[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5214 [3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Alexandrina Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[4] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Finniss | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mayo[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Coordinates[1] Locations[3][1] Climate[6] Adjoining localities[1][7] | ||||||||||||||
The name was first used in respect to a private sub-division of land within the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Goolwa. Boundaries were created for the “long established name” in 1993 and were “discontinued and re-established in August 2000.”[1]
The locality is bounded to the north by Port Elliot Road and to the south by the coastline with Encounter Bay. The western side of the locality is zoned for agricultural use while the eastern side is occupied by an urban area which extends into the adjoining localities of Goolwa and Goolwa South. The coastline is zoned for conservation.[8]
Goolwa Beach is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government area of the Alexandrina Council.[5][9][1]
The eastern end of Goolwa Beach has parking, public toilets, a kiosk, and is the site for the Goolwa Surf Life Saving Club which was officially opened in October 2019.[10] Immediately behind the Goolwa Surf Life Saving Club is a four-wheel drive vehicle access track to Goolwa Beach and the Murray river mouth.[11] Public vehicles are not permitted on the beach to the west of the access track.
The beach is composed of fine sand with waves averaging 2 metres (6.6 ft),[11] and is considered one of the most hazardous beaches of South Australia due to persistent high waves, strong currents and the regular formation of rips.[12] A small section of Goolwa Beach near the Goolwa Surf Life Saving Club is patrolled Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays at a minimum during the summer season beginning early October and finishing April.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "Search result for "Goolwa Beach (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0026970) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Hundreds"". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Goolwa Beach (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "Postcode for Goolwa Beach, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "Fleurieu Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Search result for "Encounter Bay (Bay)" (Record no SA0022623) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities"". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "Development Plan, Alexandrina Council Consolidated – 7 May 2015". [Government of South Australia. pp. 124, 169, 207, 640 and 646. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "District of Hammond Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Surf life saving club set to open". The Times. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Surfers - Beach in Goolwa Beach Alexandrina SA". SLS Beachsafe.
- ^ Manning, Jack (14 January 2020). "Bogged cars at Goolwa Beach cause complaints, carpark extension planned". The Times. Victor Harbor, SA.
- ^ "Patrols". Goolwa Surf Lifesaving Club. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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