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Meningie
South Australia
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Meningie Hotel
Meningie is located in South Australia
Meningie
Meningie
Location in South Australia
Population
Established 1866 (town)
2000 (locality)
Postcode(s) 5264
Elevation 3 m (10 ft)
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 108 km (67 mi) SE of Adelaide
  • 49 km (30 mi) S of Tailem Bend
LGA(s) The Coorong District Council
Region Murray and Mallee
County Russell
State electorate(s) Mackillop
Federal Division(s) Barker
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
20.8 °C
69 °F
10.3 °C
51 °F
469.2 mm
18.5 in
Localities around Meningie:
Lake Albert Waltowa Meningie East
Lake Albert
Meningie West
Meningie Meningie East
Field
Coorong Coorong Field
Coorong
Footnotes Location
Adjoining localities

Meningie is a town on the south-east side of Lake Albert in South Australia. It is on the Princes Highway near The Coorong and was surveyed in 1866. At the 2016 census, the locality of Meningie had a population of 1118 with a median age of 51 while its town centre had a population of 852.

Tourism

Meningie has attractions and amenities for travelers. The Lake provides visitors with many scenic locations place to fish, swim, kayak, jet ski and water ski / wake-board, and is the closest township to the Coorong National Park. Bird watchers also enjoy coming to see the range of rare and vulnerable wildlife that the Lake and wetlands support. There are local 4WD tracks, bush walking trails, and indigenous cultural journeys at Camp Coorong. The Meningie Cheese Factory Museum Inc. is wholly owned and operated by volunteers, and is both educational and a tourist attraction for the town. It is alongside the Cheese Factory Restaurant.

Sports

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Meningie Post Office

Meningie has a strong sporting culture, and has a well maintained oval, a fully watered, par 72, 18-hole golf course, bike tracks/ motocross jumps, sailing club, and also an airstrip for gliders, light aircraft and balloons.

Meningie has a local Australian rules football club, founded around 1890, known as the Meningie Bears. On 12 December 2007, Meningie player Brodie Martin was rookie listed to Australian Football League (AFL) club Adelaide, becoming the first player from Meningie to be play for an AFL club. As of 2020 the league coach is Alex Scott.

Other sporting clubs in Meningie include the Meningie Motorcycle Club, Lake Albert Golf Club, Meningie Sailing Club, Meningie Bowling Club, Meningie Pony Club, Meningie Netball Club, Meningie Aero Club and Lake Albert Gun Club. There is also a Meningie Garden Club, Meningie & Districts Lions Club, and several church groups that meet regularly.

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