Border Village

Border Village is a settlement located in South Australia within the locality of Nullarbor on the Eyre Highway at the border with Western Australia.^[6][5]

Border Village
Town
Rooey II and the roadhouse, 2017
Border Village
Coordinates: 31°38′28″S 129°00′01″E[1]
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
City	Nullarbor
LGA	Outback Communities Authority[2]
Location	1,255 km (780 mi) W of Adelaide 1,126 km (700 mi) E of Perth
Government
• State electorate	Flinders[3]
• Federal division	Grey[4]
Time zone	UTC+8:45 (CWST)
Postcode	5690
Location[5]

The settlement, which is 12 km (7.5 mi) east of Eucla, was named in 1993 by the South Australian Geographical Names Advisory Committee following a suggestion provided by the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia.^[6] The settlement is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the cliff line separating the Nullarbor Plain from the Great Australian Bight.^[7]

As of 2004, the settlement offered services to travellers and visitors to Nullarbor including:^[5]

Motel, cabin and caravan accommodation, a restaurant which opens from 6:00am - 10:00pm, a takeaway service which is open from 6:00am - 11:00pm, full garage service and a desalination plant which provides fresh water.

There is a Western Australian agricultural checkpoint at Border Village, and also "Hole 6: Border Kangaroo" of the Nullarbor Links golf course.^[8]

The settlement is one of five that uses the Central Western Standard Time (UTC+08:45).^[9][10]

See also

• List of cities and towns in South Australia