Type: | town |
Surges Bay | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 127 |
Pop Year: | 2016 census |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7116 |
Region: | South-east |
Location1: | Huonville |
Dist1: | 31 |
Dir1: | SW |
Lga: | Huon Valley |
Stategov: | Franklin |
Fedgov: | Franklin |
Near-Nw: | Geeveston |
Near-N: | Waterloo |
Near-Ne: | Huon River |
Near-E: | Huon River estuary |
Near-W: | Raminea |
Near-Sw: | Raminea |
Near-S: | Brooks Bay, Glendevie |
Near-Se: | Brooks Bay |
Surges Bay is a rural locality and body of water in the local government area of Huon Valley in the South-east region of Tasmania. It is located about south-west of the town of Huonville. The 2016 census has a population of 127 for the state suburb of Surges Bay.[1]
Surges Bay was gazetted as a locality in 1965.[2]
The shore of the Huon River estuary forms the north-eastern boundary. Surges Bay (the body of water) is an inlet of the Huon River estuary.
The A6 route (Huon Highway) enters from the north-east and runs through to the south, where it exits. Route C638 (Esperance Coast Road) starts at an intersection with A6 and runs south-east through the locality until it exits in the south-east.[2] [3]