Christies Beach, South Australia
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View of the Christies Beach coastline from Witton Bluff | |||||||||||||
Christies Beach Location in greater metropolitan Adelaide | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°08′06″S 138°28′37″E / 35.134940°S 138.476960°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Southern Adelaide | ||||||||||||
| City | Adelaide | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1925 | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 5,962 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5165 | ||||||||||||
| County | Adelaide | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 21.7 °C (71.1 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 12.8 °C (55.0 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 448.7 mm (17.67 in) | ||||||||||||
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Christies Beach is a seaside suburb in the southern Adelaide metropolitan area, within the City of Onkaparinga. The area is scenic and hence popular with photographers as Witton Bluff provides a natural vantage point over the entire suburb and beyond.
Christies Beach boasts a unique commercial strip running the entire length of Beach Road and is identified as a primary coastal node in the Adelaide Metropolitan area (Planning SA, 2007). Christies Beach also features one of the few remaining main road classified Esplanades in Metropolitan Adelaide, providing direct access to the beach on Gulf St Vincent.
Christies Beach has its own postcode of 5165, and is adjacent to the suburbs of Christie Downs and Noarlunga Centre to the east, Port Noarlunga to the south, and O'Sullivan Beach to the north.
Offshore from Christies Beach is Horseshoe Reef, which is exposed at low tide. A new artificial subtidal reef was constructed approximately 500 metres offshore from the mouth of Christies Creek in 2021.