Lake Eyre, South Australia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lake Eyre South Australia
Salt Crust on Lake Eyre gives way to slippery mud
Lake Eyre Location in South Australia
Population	no data available (2016 census)
Established	2013
Postcode(s)	5733
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	718 km (446 mi) north of Adelaide 134 km (83 mi) north of Marree
LGA(s)	Pastoral Unincorporated Area
Region	Far North
State electorate(s)	Stuart
Federal Division(s)	Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 28.8 °C 84 °F 13.3 °C 56 °F 161.8 mm 6.4 in
Suburbs around Lake Eyre: Anna Creek Kalamurina Kalamurina Anna Creek Lake Eyre Mungeranie Mulka Etadunna Clayton Station Anna Creek Stuarts Creek Stuarts Creek Callanna Muloorina Muloorina
Footnotes	Location Coordinates Climate Adjoining localities

Lake Eyre is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 718 kilometres (446 miles) north of the state capital of Adelaide and 134 kilometres (83 miles) north of the town of Marree and which is associated with the occasional body of water known as Lake Eyre.

The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” Its name is derived from the former Lake Eyre National Park.

The locality covers the full extent of Lake Eyre including islands within the lake’s extent, the Hunt Peninsula at the southern coast of the northern part of the lake and land on the lake’s east side.

The principal land use within the locality is conservation with its full extent being occupied by the following protected areas - the Elliot Price Conservation Park and the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park.

Lake Eyre is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state’s Far North region.