Myponga Beach, South Australia

Myponga Beach is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia about 54 kilometres (34 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide. It is on the eastern shore of Gulf St Vincent, immediately north of the northern boundary of the Fleurieu Peninsula.^[4][1]

Myponga Beach South Australia
Sheep grazing on the slopes of Black Hill near Myponga Beach
Myponga Beach
Coordinates	35°22′26″S 138°23′13″E / 35.374°S 138.387°E / -35.374; 138.387^[1]
Population	33 (2016 census)^[2]
Established	5 August 1999^[3]
Postcode(s)	5202^[4]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	54 km (34 mi) S of Adelaide^[4]
LGA(s)	District Council of Yankalilla^[1]
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island^[5]
State electorate(s)	Mawson^[6]
Federal division(s)	Mayo^[7]
Mean max temp^[8] Mean min temp^[8] Annual rainfall^[8] 19.4 °C 67 °F 7.5 °C 46 °F 751.3 mm 29.6 in
Suburbs around Myponga Beach: Gulf St Vincent Gulf St Vincent Sellicks Hill Gulf St Vincent Myponga Beach Myponga Gulf St Vincent Carrickalinga Wattle Flat Wattle Flat
Footnotes	Location^[1] Adjoining localities^[1]

The locality extends from Snapper Point^{[note 1]} (at the southern end of Aldinga Bay) in the north to Carrickalinga Point^{[note 2]} about 18.7 km (11.6 mi) to the south-west. The coastline includes an inlet known as Coweelunga Bay; on its shores are a popular beach (known colloquially as Myponga Beach)^{[note 3]} and the mouth of the Myponga River.^[1]

Myponga Beach began as a shack site on the shoreline in section 240 of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Myponga. Boundaries were created for this "long established name" in 1999.^[1]

As of 2015, land use within the locality consisted of land zoned for primary production uses such as agriculture, land adjoining the coastline being zoned for conservation purposes and the settlement at Coweelunga Bay being zoned as a "country township".^[9]

The 2016 Australian census reported that the locality had a population of 33 people.^[2]

Myponga Beach is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the District Council of Yankalilla.^[1][7][6]

Notes

1. 35°16′15″S 138°26′40″E / 35.2708°S 138.4444°E / -35.2708; 138.4444
2. 35°24′36″S 138°19′43″E / 35.4099°S 138.3286°E / -35.4099; 138.3286
3. 35°22′21″S 138°23′12″E / 35.3724°S 138.3866°E / -35.3724; 138.3866

References

1. . Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "State Suburb of Myponga Beach". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 March 2018.  
3. Sarneckis, Kos (5 August 1999). "Geographical Names Act 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (in the District Council of Yankalilla)" (PDF). Government of South Australia. p. 657. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
4. "Myponga Beach, South Australia (postcode)". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
5. "Fleurieu Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
6. Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
7. "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
8. "Summary (climate) statistics Myponga (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
9. "Development Plan - Yankalilla (DC) Consolidated – 26 November 2015" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 58, 131, 164, 184 and 212. Retrieved 25 April 2016.