Agile Communications installed their own DSLAM in Meningie in October 2003, following on from having established a microwave network connecting to Adelaide in May 2001.

[10] Meningie has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb), with warm, dry summers and mild, wetter winters.

Bird watchers also enjoy coming to see the range of rare and vulnerable wildlife that the Lake and wetlands support.

The Meningie Cheese Factory Museum Inc. is wholly owned and operated by volunteers, and is both educational and a tourist attraction for the town.

In May 2013, a statue of an ostrich wearing a saddle was unveiled to commemorate the story of a local Irish bushranger, John Francis Peggotty, also known as "Birdman of the Coorong".

[12][13] Meningie is home to The Lakelander, a regional community newspaper[14] whose geographical coverage includes Tailem Bend, Salt Creek, Narrung, Coonalpyn and Tintinara.

[16] Meningie has a strong sporting culture, and has a well maintained oval, a fully watered, par 72, 18-hole golf course,[17] bike tracks/ motocross jumps, sailing club, and also an airstrip for gliders, light aircraft and balloons.