Venus Bay - SA

  Bay,Inlet,Cove

Position

DEG: -33.18338 134.662582
DMS: 33º 11' 0.17" S 134º 39' 45.3" E
UTM: 53 H 6328333mN 468545mE
Altitude: -0.67m

Description

Place Type

Geography - Bay,Inlet,Cove

Location

411.69kms NorthWest of Adelaide - Driving 649 km (7 hours 44 mins)

Address & Contact

5671
Phone: N/A
Email: N/A
Web: N/A

Information

Venus Bay
It is thought that the bay was named after the two-masted schooner Venus' that traded around the Eyre Peninsula coastline in the mid 1850s.
A far more romantic notion is the bay was named after the Roman goddess of beauty and love. It is the latter version which is promoted by the locals and visitors to the region.

The town was established after a whaling station was built in the 1820’s, and for twenty years it existed as no more than a shop, hotel and Police Station. The focus of the town soon turned to Agriculture as the area was opened up in the 1840’s.. The township was abandoned by in the 1870’s but was somewhat revitalised in the 1920s when it became a base for a Commercial fishing operation.
Today it is a popular tourist destination with good fishing and spectacular scenery.
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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Elliston at 19/09:00am CDT
Distance from Venus Bay 55.92km S
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
15.5°C17.0°C94%14.6°C1016.1hPa0.0mmCALM0km/hr
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Closest Climatic Station

Elliston
Distance from Venus Bay 55.92km S
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C25.825.624.222.319.417.116.417.219.221.523.524.5
Mean Min. °C15.715.914.312.210.38.57.88.39.511.113.114.6
Mean Rain mm10.213.415.127.552.173.070.559.139.730.319.516.7

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