{{Other uses|Racecourse (disambiguation){{!}}Racecourse}} __NOTOC__ {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date= August 2016}} {{Infobox Australian place |type=suburb | name = Racecourse Bay | state = SA | image = | caption = | pop = <!--leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata--> | est = 1996<ref name=PLB>{{cite web |title=Search result for "Racecourse Bay (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0038303) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Development Plan Layers" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |date= |accessdate=21 August 2016 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | postcode = 5291<ref name=postcode>{{cite web|title= Postcode for Racecourse Bay, South Australia |url= http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/country+south+australia/racecourse+bay |publisher= postcodes-australia.com |accessdate=21 August 2016}}</ref> | elevation = | elevation_footnotes = | timezone = [[UTC9:30|ACST]] | utc = +9:30 | timezone-dst = [[UTC10:30|ACST]] | utc-dst = +10:30 | dist1 = 398 | dir1 = south-east | location1 = [[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide]] | dist2 = 25 | dir2 = south | location2= [[Mount Gambier, South Australia|Mount Gambier]] | lga = [[District Council of Grant]]<ref name=PLB/> | county = [[County of Grey|Grey]]<ref name=PLB/> | region = [[Limestone Coast]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Limestone Coast SA Government region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/8589/Limestone_Coast_SA_Government_region.pdf|publisher=The Government of South Australia|accessdate=1 November 2016}}</ref> | stategov = [[Electoral district of Mount Gambier|Mount Gambier]]<ref name=ECSA>{{cite web|title=District of Mount Gambier Background Profile|url=http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/component/edocman/?task=document.download&id=569&Itemid=0 |publisher=Electoral Commission SA|accessdate=28 March 2016}}</ref> | fedgov = [[Division of Barker|Barker]]<ref name=AEC>{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Barker |url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-barker.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|accessdate=28 March 2016}}</ref> | maxtemp = 19.0 | maxtemp_footnotes = <ref name = climate>{{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Mount Gambier Aero (nearest weather station) |url= http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_026021.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|accessdate=17 August 2016}}</ref> | mintemp = 8.2 | mintemp_footnotes = <ref name = climate/> | rainfall = 708.4 | rainfall_footnotes = <ref name = climate/> | coordinates = {{coord|38.05493|S|140.75232|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coord_ref = <ref name=PLB/> | near-n = [[Port MacDonnell, South Australia|Port MacDonnell]] | near-ne = [[Port MacDonnell, South Australia|Port MacDonnell]] | near-e = [[Port MacDonnell, South Australia|Port MacDonnell]] | near-se = ''Ocean'' | near-s =''Ocean'' | near-sw = ''Ocean'' | near-w = [[Port MacDonnell, South Australia|Port MacDonnell]] | near-nw = [[Port MacDonnell, South Australia|Port MacDonnell]] | footnotes = Locations<ref name=postcode/><ref name=PLB/><br/>Adjoining localities<ref name=PLB/> }} '''Racecourse Bay''' is a locality in the Australian state of [[South Australia]] located on the state’s south-east coast overlooking the body of water known in [[Australia]] as the [[Southern Ocean]] and by international authorities as the [[Great Australian Bight]]. It is about {{convert|398|km|abbr=off}} south-east of the state capital of [[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide]] and {{convert|25|km|abbr=off}} south of the municipal seat of [[Mount Gambier, South Australia|Mount Gambier]] in the south-east of the state.<ref name=PLB/><ref name=postcode/><ref name=iho>{{cite web|url=https://iho.int/uploads/user/pubs/standards/s-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf|type=PDF|pages=35–36|title=Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition|year=1953|publisher=International Hydrographic Organization|accessdate=29 December 2020 }}</ref><ref name=ahs>{{cite web|url=http://www.hydro.gov.au/factsheets/WFS_Names_and_Limits_of_Oceans_and_Seas_Around_Australia.pdf|title=AHS – AA609582|publisher=The Australian Hydrographic Service|date=5 July 2012|accessdate=30 May 2013|type=PDF|archive-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313130704/http://www.hydro.gov.au/factsheets/WFS_Names_and_Limits_of_Oceans_and_Seas_Around_Australia.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Racecourse Bay consists of land formerly used as a [[shack]] site known as The Racecourse which made part of the locality of [[Port MacDonnell, South Australia|Port MacDonnell]] in 1996. The locality came in existence in 1999 when boundaries were created for land formerly part of the locality of Port MacDonnell. Its name which is reported as being a ‘long established name’ was derived from the [[bay]] which it overlooks.<ref name=PLB/><ref>{{Citation | author1=Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA) | author2=South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage | title=South Australia's waters an atlas & guide | publication-date=2005 | publisher=Boating Industry Association of South Australia |page=179 | isbn=978-1-86254-680-6 }}</ref>
The locality consists of land between the coastline and a road known as Eight Mile Creek Road which runs from the town centre of Port MacDonnell in the west to the boundary between the localities of [[Eight Mile Creek, South Australia|Eight Mile Creek]] and [[Wye, South Australia|Wye]] in the east. The land use within the locality consists of [[residential area|residential use]] and [[Conservation (ethic)|conservation]].<ref name =DP>{{cite web|title=Development Plan, Grant Council, Consolidated – 11 February 2016 |url=http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/249973/Grant_Council_Development_Plan.pdf |publisher=[Government of South Australia |accessdate=29 April 2016|pages=108, 164, 173, 199 and 223–226}}</ref><ref name=PLB/>
Racecourse Bay is located within the federal [[division of Barker]], the state [[electoral district of Mount Gambier]] and the local government area of the [[District Council of Grant]].<ref name=AEC/><ref name=ECSA/><ref name=PLB/>
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[[Category:Towns in South Australia]] [[Category:Limestone Coast]]