Meningie East, 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 Meningie East, in the Coorong District Council local government area.
| Locality | Meningie East |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Coorong District Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -35.61777 |
| Longitude | 139.56347 |
| Area | 166.2 km² |
| Postcode | 5264 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 116 km southeast |
Meningie East is a locality in the Coorong District Council local government area of South Australia, Australia. The locality covers an area of 166.2 km². It lies approximately 116 km southeast of Adelaide. Meningie East is located at 35.6178°S, 139.5635°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5264. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Meningie East sits on the eastern edge of the vast, shimmering expanse of Lake Alexandrina, its landscape a study in muted earth tones and the subtle blues of distant water. It lies 87.0 km south-east of Mount Barker, SA (from Mount Barker, SA: bearing 133°T), and is situated 19.9 km north-east of Meningie. The terrain here is largely flat, stretching out towards the horizon in a mosaic of dry grassland and scattered scrub, where the air, even on a warm afternoon, carries a faint, briny tang from the lake. Sheep graze in paddocks that seem to absorb the pale sunlight, their wool a stark white against the ochre soil. The sky above Meningie East often seems impossibly large, a canvas for clouds that drift with a languid, unhurried grace, sometimes gathering in dramatic formations that promise a brief, welcome shower.
The history of Meningie East is inextricably linked to the Murray River and the Coorong, a network of lagoons and wetlands that have shaped human habitation for millennia. Early European settlers arrived seeking fertile land and access to navigable waterways, and the area developed as a service point for pastoralists and farmers. The local economy, though now embracing tourism drawn to the unique ecosystems of the Coorong National Park, still holds firm to its agricultural roots, with sheep and cattle grazing remaining a significant presence. The distinctive character of Meningie East is found in its quiet resilience, a place that has learned to live in harmony with the ebb and flow of the land and the great river, a place where the silence is often broken only by the bleating of sheep or the distant call of a waterbird.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Meningie East, 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 Meningie East, in the Coorong District Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Meningie East includes the postcode (5264), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Coorong District 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.
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 Meningie East 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. |