Discovery Bay (South Australia)
- Discovery Bay (South Australia)
Discovery Bay is a wide bay near the border between South Australia and Victoria on the south coast of Australia. It is connected to Port MacDonnell and Nelson. It was named by explorer Thomas Mitchell in 1836. [Bird, E: "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria". 2006. Available at: http://www.anps.org.au/documents/VIC_coastal.pdf (Accessed 1 July 2008).]
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