Baird Bay

Baird Bay South Australia
The isolated waters of Baird Bay
Baird Bay
Coordinates	33°05′S 134°13′E / 33.083°S 134.217°E / -33.083; 134.217Coordinates: 33°05′S 134°13′E / 33.083°S 134.217°E / -33.083; 134.217
Postcode(s)	5671
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Location	50 km (31 mi) South West of Streaky Bay
LGA(s)	District Council of Streaky Bay
State electorate(s)	Flinders
Federal Division(s)	Grey

Baird Bay (formerly Beard's Bay) is a small fishing village located 50 kilometres (31 mi) South of Streaky Bay on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is situated on the east coast of a bay named Baird Bay which opens into the north end of Anxious Bay.^[1]

The towns and the associated bay are named after James Baird, who settled on the shores of Anxious Bay in 1850 before being speared by local Aboriginals on 2 November 1850.^[2]

Although the township is small, Baird Bay has garnered considerable tourist attention due to its sea lion colony, with local tour guides giving interactive swimming sessions with the sea lions. This has become one of the main tourist attractions on the Eyre Peninsula. The isolated town has very limited facilities, with only a few houses, a camping ground and boat ramp. The nearest town for supplies is Streaky Bay, around 50 kilometres (31 mi) away.

The remote waters of Baird Bay are also excellent for recreational fishing, as well as a number of other water based activities such scuba diving and snorkelling.

References

↑ South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (DMH) (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, p. chart 39, ISBN 978-0-7243-7603-2
↑ Manning Index of SA History, Place Names of SA-B, retrieved 2007-04-07

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Coastal bays and inlets of South Australia

Aldinga Anxious Arno Baird Barker Inlet Coffin D'Estrees Denial Discovery Emu Encounter False Fowlers Guichen Hardwicke Head of the Bight Holdfast Lipson Cove Lacepede Louth Lucky Marion Memory Moonta Nepean Pelican Lagoon Pondalowie Rapid Rivoli Sceale Smoky Stenhouse Stokes Streaky Tumby Venus Vivonne Wool Seal Bay Conservation Park Tourville and Murat Bays Important Bird Area

Category Commons

Towns and localities of the District Council of Streaky Bay

Baird Bay Bockelberg Calca Carawa Chandada Chilpenunda Colley Cungena Eba Anchorage Haslam Inkster Kaldoonera Karcultaby Koolgera Maryvale Mortana Mount Cooper Petina Perlubie Piednippie Pimbaacla Poochera Pureba Sceale Bay Streaky Bay Tyringa Wallalla Wirrulla Witera Yanerbie Yantanabie

Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

Cities

Townships

Governance

Federal division	Grey

State electoral districts	Flinders Giles Stuart

Local Government	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

Protected areas

Coastal features

West coast	Anxious Bay Calca Peninsula Cape Blanche Cape Carnot Cape Catastrophe Cape Finniss Cape Radstock Cape Wiles Coffin Bay Peninsula Jussieu Peninsula Point Avoid Point Labatt Point Weyland Point Whidbey Slade Point

East coast	Cape Burr Cape Donington Cape Hardy Memory Cove Point Lowly Yorkey Crossing

Islands adjoining Eyre Peninsula coast

West coast	Avoid Bay Islands Baird Bay Jones Island Unnamed island, Baird Bay Cap Island Eba Island Germein Island Grantham Island Greenly Island Investigator Group Flinders Island Waldegrave Islands Ward Islands Liguanea Island Neptune Islands Nicolas Baudin Island Nuyts Archipelago Smooth Island Olive Island Pigface Island Whidbey Isles Williams Island

East coast	Bicker Isles Boston Island Curlew Island Entrance Island Hopkins Island Lewis Island Lipson Island Little Island Louth Island Owen Island Sir Joseph Banks Group Sleaford Islands Smith Island Taylor Island Thistle Island Tumby Island

Related and uncategorised

The Peninsulas zone (wine)

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