Couch Beach, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Couch Beach
State:SA
Est:1999[1]
Postcode:5575[2]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:130
Dir1:west
Location1:Adelaide
Region:Yorke and Mid North[3]
County:Fergusson
Stategov:Narungga[4]
Fedgov:Grey[5]
Maxtemp:21.2
Mintemp:11.5
Rainfall:443.7
Coordinates:-34.9119°N 137.1768°W
Near-N:Spencer Gulf
Near-Ne:Spencer Gulf
Near-E:The Pines
Near-Se:The Pines
Near-S:The Pines
Near-Sw:The Pines
Near-W:The Pines
Near-Nw:Spencer Gulf
Footnotes:Location
Coordinates
Climate[6]
Adjoining localities[7]

Couch Beach (formerly Couch's Beach) is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the western side of Yorke Peninsula on the portion forming the south coast of Hardwicke Bay in Spencer Gulf about 130km (80miles) west of the state capital of Adelaide.[2] [7]

Its boundaries were created in May 1999 for the “long established name” which was formerly Couch's Beach and which was derived from the Couch family who “owned the land for many years” It is bounded on all sides by the adjoining locality of The Pines.[1]

As of 2015, the majority land use within the locality is agriculture. A secondary use concerns the strip of land overlooking the coastline with Spencer Gulf which is zoned for conservation.[8]

Couch Beach is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.[5] [4] [1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search result for "Couch Beach (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0040261) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)". Government of South Australia. 9 May 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/. 12 October 2016. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Postcode for Couch Beach, South Australia . postcodes-australia.com . 9 May 2016.
  3. Web site: Yorke and Mid North SA Government region. The Government of South Australia. 17 April 2017.
  4. Narungga . Electoral District Boundaries Commission . 2016 . 1 March 2018.
  5. Web site: Federal electoral division of Grey. Australian Electoral Commission. 24 July 2015.
  6. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Warooka (nearest station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology . 9 May 2016.
  7. Web site: New Ward Structure 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160115173253/http://www.yorke.sa.gov.au/component/option%2Ccom_docman/task%2Cdoc_download/gid%2C3366/Itemid%2C99999999/ . dead . 15 January 2016 . Yorke Peninsula Council . 18 February 2016 . dmy-all .
  8. Web site: Development Plan - Yorke Peninsula Council - Consolidated – 26 November 2015 . . 25 February 2016. 261–263 and 397–398.