Lake Gairdner, South Australia — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live local weather conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Lake Gairdner, in the Pastoral Unincorporated Area local government area.
| Locality | Lake Gairdner |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Pastoral Unincorporated Area |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Very Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -31.69495 |
| Longitude | 136.0133 |
| Area | 4412.4 km² |
| Postcode | 5717 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 432 km northwest |
Lake Gairdner is a locality in the Pastoral Unincorporated Area local government area of South Australia, Australia. The locality covers an area of 4412.4 km². It lies approximately 432 km northwest of Adelaide. Lake Gairdner is located at 31.6949°S, 136.0133°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5717. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Very Remote Australia.
Lake Gairdner lies vast and shimmering under a sky that bleeds into a thousand shades of ochre and rose as the sun dips low. It lies 410.9 km north-west of Gawler, SA (from Gawler, SA: bearing 321°T), and is situated 96.1 km south-west of Woomera. This immense salt lake, a dry expanse mirroring the heavens for much of the year, stretches out like an ancient, forgotten sea, its cracked earth a mosaic of pale grey and bone white. The surrounding country is a landscape of low, sun-bleached spinifex plains and scattered saltbush, punctuated by the stark, sculptural forms of ancient rock outcrops that rise like weathered sentinels from the flat terrain. The air here carries a peculiar stillness, a dry whisper that speaks of immense distances and a profound, enduring solitude, broken only by the sigh of the wind across the desiccated surface of Lake Gairdner.
For millennia, this land has been a place of significance, its history written in the very earth and wind. While the modern economy of the surrounding Pastoral Unincorporated Area is largely tied to the hardy sheep and cattle that graze these unforgiving plains, Lake Gairdner itself has known other stories. Its saline depths, when filled by infrequent rains, have long been a natural phenomenon, a stark contrast to the surrounding arid beauty. The sheer scale and isolation of Lake Gairdner have drawn a certain kind of traveller, those seeking the raw, untamed heart of the Australian outback, a place where the silence is as palpable as the heat haze rising from the salt crust.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Lake Gairdner, South Australia with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Lake Gairdner, in the Pastoral Unincorporated Area local government area.
Detailed location data for Lake Gairdner includes the postcode (5717), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Pastoral Unincorporated Area), with an ABS remoteness classification of Very Remote Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Lake Gairdner is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |