Salt Creek, 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 Salt Creek, in the Coorong District Council local government area.
| Locality | Salt Creek |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Coorong District Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -36.14126 |
| Longitude | 139.68932 |
| Population | 33 |
| Density | 0.2 /km² |
| Area | 158.5 km² |
| Elevation | 2 m |
| Postcode | 5264 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 167 km southeast |
Salt Creek is a locality in the Coorong District Council local government area of South Australia, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 33. The locality covers an area of 158.5 km², giving a population density of about 0.2 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 2 m above sea level. It lies approximately 167 km southeast of Adelaide. Salt Creek is located at 36.1413°S, 139.6893°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5264. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Salt Creek lies at the edge of a vast, shallow expanse of water, a liminal space where the land surrenders to the Coorong's watery breath. It lies 139.4 km south-south-east of Mount Barker, SA (from Mount Barker, SA: bearing 148°T), and is situated 43.1 km south-west of Tintinara. The terrain is a study in muted tones: pale sands stretch towards the lagoon, punctuated by the hardy, salt-tolerant scrub that clings tenaciously to the earth. The air here carries a perpetual whisper of brine, a subtle tang that clings to the skin and colours the light in the late afternoon, softening the sharp edges of the landscape into a watercolour wash. The silence is profound, broken only by the cry of distant seabirds and the gentle lapping of water against the shore, a sound that seems to echo the slow, deliberate pulse of the tides themselves.
This is a place shaped by the patient erosion of wind and water, a history written in the shifting dunes and the ancient, bleached bones of driftwood. For millennia, Indigenous peoples have traversed these shores, their connection to the land and its abundant life a silent testament to a stewardship that predates modern settlement. Later arrivals, drawn by the promise of sustenance from the sea and the sparse grazing lands, established a modest presence. The economy of Salt Creek has always been a delicate dance with nature, a reliance on the bounty of the Coorong's fisheries – mullet, bream, and the prized yabbies – and on the hardy sheep that graze the coastal pastures. Visitors come seeking the quietude, the opportunity to cast a line into the placid waters or to simply witness the raw, untamed beauty of this coastal fringe, a place where the rhythm of life is dictated by the ebb and flow of the lagoon.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Salt Creek, 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 Salt Creek, in the Coorong District Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Salt Creek 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 Salt Creek 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. |