Wirrina Cove
| Wirrina Cove South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Marina St. Vincent, Wirrina Cove | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°29′44″S 138°16′06″E / 35.495613°S 138.268250°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 497 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Wirrina Cove”) (2011 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5204 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 70 km (43 mi) south west of Adelaide city centre | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | District Council of Yankalilla | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mawson | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mayo | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Location Climatic data | ||||||||||||||
Wirrina Cove is a locality and holiday resort on the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. It is located between the coastal towns of Second Valley and Normanville on Yankalilla Bay. The holiday resort was developed from around 1972, and is located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of Adelaide.
There are various overlapping names associated with the Wirrina Cove area recorded as being used by the Kaurna people before the British colonisation of South Australia: Congeratinga (with a creek now given that name), also spelt Kongaratinga, Yarnauwingga, and Anacotilla. The location is also associated with the Dreaming story of the creator ancestor Tjilbruke.
Today, features at Wirrina cove include marina named Marina St. Vincent, the New Terry Hotel & Golf Resort, a variety of camping and other holiday accommodation at the Wirrina Cove Holiday Park other accommodation options.
Little Gorge, near which the HMAS Hobart Memorial Lookout is located, is north of the cove, on the road to Normanville.