{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Binalong Bay | state = tas | image = Bay of Fires View.JPG | caption = Binalong Bay Beach | coordinates = {{coord|41|15|S|148|18|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = top | pop = 290 | pop_year = [[2016 Australian census|2016 census]] | pop_footnotes=<ref name=Census2016Y>{{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60045?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Binalong Bay (Tas.) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=13 September 2020 |quote=}}</ref> | est = | postcode = 7216 | lga = Break O'Day Council | region = [[North-east LGA Region|North-east]] | stategov = [[Division of Lyons (state)|Lyons]] | fedgov = [[Division of Lyons|Lyons]] | location1 = [[St Helens, Tasmania|St Helens]] | dist1 = 12 | dir1 = NE | near-nw = The Gardens | near-n = [[The Gardens, Tasmania|The Gardens]] | near-ne = Tasman Sea | near-e = [[Tasman Sea]] | near-w = St Helens | near-sw = St Helens | near-s = [[St Helens, Tasmania|St Helens]] | near-se = Georges Bay }} '''Binalong Bay''' is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of [[Break O'Day Council|Break O'Day]] in the [[North-east LGA Region|North-east]] LGA region of [[Tasmania]]. The locality is about {{convert|12|km}} north-east of the town of [[St Helens, Tasmania|St Helens]]. The [[2016 Australian census|2016 census]] recorded a population of 290 for the state suburb of Binalong Bay.<ref name=Census2016Y/>
It is a small coastal town in north-east Tasmania, situated at the southern end of the [[Bay of Fires]]. Originally a fishing hamlet, the town is now a village with a large proportion of holiday dwellings. It has a beach, small harbour (known as ''the gulch'') and a cafe.
==History== Binalong Bay was gazetted as a locality in 1964.<ref name=Placename>{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Binalong Bay |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=13 September 2020 |at=Select “Search”, enter "1508B", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}</ref> Originally known as Boat Harbour, the current name was adopted in 1944. It is believed to be the Aboriginal name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22682/2/dennison-A-K-opt.pdf |title=Where in Tasmania? A-K Page 16 |publisher=Dennison Publications |date=July 2003 |access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref>
Binalong Bay Post Office opened on 30 March 1966 and closed in 1973.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Phoenix Auctions | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=TAS&filter=*Binalong*Bay* | access-date = 21 March 2021}}</ref>
==Geography== The waters of the Bay of Fires, part of the [[Tasman Sea]], form part of the eastern boundary. The Tasman Sea and the waters of Georges Bay complete the eastern boundary and form part of the southern. Grants Lagoon, an inlet of Binalong Bay (the body of water) is surrounded by the locality.<ref>{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Binalong+Bay+TAS+7216/@-41.2533753,148.2478852,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa771f0c7531828f:0x403c94dd0ddfb00!8m2!3d-41.2491264!4d148.2928957 |title=Binalong Bay, Tasmania |access-date=13 September 2020}}</ref>
==Road infrastructure== Route C850 (Binalong Bay Road) enters from the south-west and runs through to the east, where it ends. Route C848 (Gardens Road) starts at an intersection with C850 and runs north until it exits. Route C849 (Reids Road) starts at an intersection with C848 and runs west until it exits.<ref name=Placename/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801112712/http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-08-01 |title=Tasmanian Road Route Codes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=May 2017 |website= |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment |access-date=13 September 2020 |quote=}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Binalong Bay beach.JPG|Binalong Bay Beach File:Bay of Fires rocks.JPG|Beach and rocks </gallery>
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[[Category:Towns in Tasmania]] [[Category:Localities of Break O'Day Council]]