Lipson Cove

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Lipson Cove
South Australia

Lipson Cove

Coordinates

34°15′36″S 136°15′47″E / 34.260°S 136.263°ECoordinates: 34°15′36″S 136°15′47″E / 34.260°S 136.263°E

Postcode(s)

5607

Location

215 km (134 mi) WNW of Adelaide

LGA(s)

District Council of Tumby Bay

State electorate(s)

Flinders

Federal Division(s)

Grey

Localities around Lipson Cove:
Sheep Hill	Cape Hardy	Port Neill
Lipson, South Australia	Lipson Cove	Spencer Gulf
Tumby Bay	Spencer Gulf	Spencer Gulf

Lipson Cove is a tranquil sandy bay on the Western shore of Spencer Gulf, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. It is adjacent to the proposed site of Centrex Metals Ltd's Port Spencer iron ore port development. It is known for its camping, fishing, coastal and marine habitats and is regarded as a safe swimming beach.^[1]

Location & Access

Lipson Cove lies 215 km west-northwest of Adelaide and 63 km northeast of Port Lincoln. The nearest townships are Lipson, inland to the southwest and Port Neill to the north east. It can be accessed from the Lincoln Highway via the Lipson Cove Road. The road is unsealed, but well maintained and always passable for 2-wheel drive vehicles. Basic camping facility are present behind the dunes at the foreshore.

Lipson Cove is renowned for its shore-based fishing and an old talc mine is located nearby. Coastal features include granite hills and cliffs which extend northwards from Lipson Cove to Port Neill.

Lipson Cove is also the site of the wreck of the ketch, Three Sisters. She was lost on the 13th of March, 1899.^[2] The remains of the wooden vessel can sometimes be seen protruding from the beach sand.

Lipson Island Conservation Park

Lipson Island lies 150 metres out from the Lipson Cove beach can be accessed when the tide is low, but care must be taken not to become stranded as the tide rises. The island and surrounding intertidal zone constitute the Lipson Island Conservation Park which was proclaimed in 1967. The island is an important rookery for roosting sea birds, including colonies of Black-faced cormorant, Crested tern and Little penguin. Sooty oystercatchers have also been recorded on the island and New Zealand fur seals visit and haul out there occasionally.^[3]

Lipson Island also bears the alternative French name of Ile d'Alembert, so named by French explorer Nicolas Baudin.

Wildlife

Species of conservation significance known to inhabit or visit the area include Hooded plovers, Fairy terns, White-bellied sea eagles, Great white sharks, Southern right whales and Bottlenose dolphins.^[3]

Gallery

Little Penguin in burrow on Lipson Island, Spencer Gulf, South Australia
Crested terns at Lipson Cove, Spencer Gulf, South Australia
Bottlenosed dolphins at Lipson Cove, Spencer Gulf, South Australia
Southern right whale at Lipson Cove, Spencer Gulf, South Australia. Lipson Island Conservation Park appears in the background.

References

↑ Lipson Cove Beachsafe.org.au Retrieved 2014-01-08.
↑ The Wreck Site "Three Sisters" Retrieved 2013-11-05.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Atlas of Living Australia "Lipson Cove - All Species within 1km radius" Retrieved 2013-11-05.

v t e Towns and Localities of the District Council of Tumby Bay

Brooker Butler Butler Tanks Carrow Cockaleechie Dixson Hutchison Koppio Lipson Lipson Cove Moody Moreenia Mount Hill Nicholls Port Neill Redcliff's Sheep Hill Stokes Thuruna Trinity Haven Tumby Bay Ungarra Uranno Waratta Vale Yallunda Flat Yaranyacka

v t e Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

Cities	Port Augusta Port Lincoln Whyalla

Townships	Arno Bay Baird Bay Ceduna Cleve Coffin Bay Cowell Cummins Darke Peak Denial Bay Elliston Iron Knob Kimba Kyancutta Lock Minnipa Poochera Port Kenny Port Neill Pygery Sceale Bay Smoky Bay Streaky Bay Thevenard Tumby Bay Venus Bay Wangary Wirrulla Wudinna Yaninee Yeelanna

National parks	Coffin Bay National Park Gawler Ranges National Park Lake Gilles Conservation Park Lincoln National Park

Islands	Avoid Bay Islands Baird Bay Islands Bicker Isles Boston Island Cap Island Curlew Island Eba Island Entrance Island Flinders Island Germein Island Golden Island Grantham Island Investigator Group Liguanea Island Lipson Island Louth Island Neptune Islands Nicolas Baudin Island Nuyts Archipelago Olive Island Pigface Island Price Island Sir Joseph Banks Group Sleaford Islands Taylor Island Thistle Island Tumby Island Waldegrave Islands Whidbey Isles Williams Island

Councils	Ceduna DC Cleve DC Elliston DC Franklin Harbour DC Kimba DC Lower Eyre Peninsula DC City of Port Augusta City of Port Lincoln Streaky Bay DC Tumby Bay DC City of Whyalla Wudinna DC

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