Farm Beach, South Australia

Farm Beach is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the state’s west overlooking the body of water known as Coffin Bay about 297 kilometres (185 mi) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Cummins.

[1] Its boundaries were created on 15 October 2009 around a parcel of land used for the former Farm Beach Shack Site.

It was created after a request by the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula to “use the well established local name.” Its name is derived from the former shack site.

[1][5][6] The locality contains a settlement consisting of permanent dwellings, a camping ground and vehicle parking.

[1][7] Its coastline includes a boat ramp and an unpatrolled swimming beach which is considered by the Surf Life Saving Australia to be ‘least hazardous’.