Farm Beach, South Australia

Farm Beach
South Australia
Farm Beach is located in South Australia
Farm Beach
Farm Beach
Coordinates34°29′53″S 135°23′46″E / 34.498°S 135.396°E / -34.498; 135.396
Established15 October 2009[1]
Postcode(s)5607[1]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula[1]
RegionEyre Western[1]
CountyFlinders[1]
State electorate(s)Flinders[2]
Federal division(s)Grey[3]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
21.3 °C
70 °F		 11.4 °C
53 °F		 394.6 mm
15.5 in
Suburbs around Farm Beach:
Coffin Bay (body of water) Coulta Coulta
Coffin Bay (body of water) Farm Beach Coulta
Coffin Bay (body of water) Little Douglas Little Douglas
FootnotesCoordinates[1]
Locations[1]
Climate[4]
Adjoining localities[1]

Farm Beach is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the state’s west overlooking the body of water known as Coffin Bay about 297 kilometres (185 mi) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Cummins.[1]

Its boundaries were created on 15 October 2009 around a parcel of land used for the former Farm Beach Shack Site. The shack site had originally been incorporated in the locality of Coulta on 16 October 2003. It was created after a request by the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula to “use the well established local name.” Its name is derived from the former shack site.[1][5][6]

The locality contains a settlement consisting of permanent dwellings, a camping ground and vehicle parking.[1][7] Its coastline includes a boat ramp and an unpatrolled swimming beach which is considered by the Surf Life Saving Australia to be ‘least hazardous’.[8]

Land use within the locality consists of a ‘coastal conservation’ zone along the coastline in its west, an area zoned for ‘primary production’ in its north-east and an area in its centre zoned for ‘coastal settlement’ which has a desired character which encourages development involving low-rise detached dwellings.[9]

Farm Beach is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula.[3][1][2]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Search result for Farm Beach, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Local Government areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Counties', 'Postcode', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories' and 'Gazetteer'". Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Summary statistics North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS) (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  5. ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 3796, 16 October 2003, archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2016, retrieved 24 December 2017
  6. ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 4847. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Farm Beach Campground". District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Farm Beach SA". Beachsafe. Surf Life Saving Australia. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Development Plan - Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) Consolidated – 28 February 2017" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 131, 248–252 and 324–325. Retrieved 24 December 2017.