Wool Bay, South Australia

Wool Bay, South Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Wool Bay
state = sa


caption =
lga = District Council of Yorke Peninsula
postcode =
est =
pop = 258 [ [http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearchTerm=wool+bay&locationSearchTerm=wool+bay&newarea=SSC45396&submitbutton=View+QuickStats+%3E&mapdisplay=on&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC45396&geography=&method=Place+of+Usual+Residence&productlabel=&producttype=QuickStats&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=PL&topholder=0&leftholder=0&currentaction=104&action=401&textversion=false&subaction=1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007)] . Wool Bay (State Suburb). "2006 Census Quickstats". Retrieved on 2008-05-29]
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Goyder
fedgov = Grey
dist1 = 215
dir1 =
location1= Adelaide
dist2 = 70
dir2 = west
location2= Adelaide
dist3 = 3
dir3 = north
location3= Port Giles

Wool Bay is a small town on the east coast of southern Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. Wool Bay is 215 kilometres by road from Adelaide and approximately 70 kilometres west of Adelaide across Gulf Saint Vincent.

The coast at Wool Bay consists of cliffs with a sandy beach at their base. There is an old lime kiln in the cliffs. Wool Bay has a jetty which was used for loading lime onto boats, but is now used only for recreational fishing. There is also a boat ramp on the beach.

Towns near Wool Bay include Edithburgh, Yorketown, Coobowie and Stansbury. Port Giles is three kilometres south of Wool Bay.

Wool Bay is in the District Council of Yorke Peninsula, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Goyder and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Wakefield.


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