Explore Loveday, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Loveday, SA map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Loveday, South Australia, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of South Australia or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Loveday and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Loveday.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Loveday |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | The Berri Barmera Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -34.29804 |
| Longitude | 140.41851 |
| Population | 615 |
| Density | 10.5 /km² |
| Area | 58.8 km² |
| Elevation | 33 m |
| Postcode | 5345 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 180 km east-northeast |
Loveday is a locality in The Berri Barmera Council local government area of South Australia, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 615. The locality covers an area of 58.8 km², giving a population density of about 10.5 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 33 m above sea level. It lies approximately 180 km east-northeast of Adelaide. Loveday is located at 34.2980°S, 140.4185°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5345. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Loveday rests where the Murray River, a broad, slow artery of the land, spills its bounty into the expansive lakes. It lies 157.1 km east-north-east of Gawler, SA (from Gawler, SA: bearing 78°T), and is situated 9.0 km south-west of Barmera. The air here carries a subtle, sun-baked sweetness, a blend of river water and the dry earth of the surrounding plains, broken only by the occasional, insistent buzz of insects. Low, scrubby vegetation, a hardy testament to the climate, clings to the sandy soils, and the sky overhead seems impossibly vast, a pale blue canvas that deepens to a bruised purple as the day begins its slow descent. The silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind through dry grasses and the distant, gentle lapping of water against the shore.
The very existence of Loveday is tied to the great river and the ambition to harness its flow, a story etched in the canals and irrigation channels that spread like a delicate web across the landscape. This is a place where the land, though often parched, has been coaxed into giving forth an abundance, particularly in the realm of horticulture and viticulture. The local economy, a quiet hum of activity, revolves around the fruit orchards that burst with colour in season and the vineyards that promise the rich wines of the region. For decades, this stretch of the river has been a lifeline, supporting a way of life that feels both timeless and deeply rooted in the present, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of everyday existence.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Loveday, South Australia. 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 Loveday, in The Berri Barmera Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Loveday includes the postcode (5345), telephone area code (08), and local government area (The Berri Barmera Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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 Loveday is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |