36 Ismailia Terrace, Arno Bay SA 5603, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Nov 1986 | $12,000 | $6 |
| Sold | Aug 1985 | $10,000 | $5 |
Price per m² based on land size of 1963 m².
The property sits on approximately 1,963 m² of land. This size provides flexibility for gardens, a pool, or other landscaping ideas.
Arno Bay is renowned for fishing, surfing and swimming, with an all‑weather boat ramp, jetty and nearby cliffs such as Redbanks offering excellent marine sport and scenic views. Visitors also enjoy boat‑based fishing for whiting, snapper, mulloway and more.
The town offers a beachfront caravan park, hotel, general store, post office, playground and a motor‑garage outlet. Sporting venues include a golf‑style swamp, bowling green, tennis courts, netball and squash courts, plus a dirt circuit and summer yacht racing.
Turnbull Park is about 1 km away and Turnbulls Beach is roughly 1.3 km from the house. The Arno Bay town centre is around 1.4 km and the shoreline of Arno Bay itself is approximately 1.8 km distant.
Arno Bay enjoys a Mediterranean‑like climate with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters, similar to nearby Port Lincoln. These conditions are typical for much of the Eyre Peninsula.
The local economy centres on tourism, recreational fishing, and a growing aquaculture sector that farms Yellowtail Kingfish, mulloway and tuna. Surrounding agriculture continues to produce cereals and sheep.
Established originally as Bligh in the early 1880s, the town was renamed Arno Bay in 1940 after a local sandhill well. It transitioned from a grain‑exporting port to a tourist fishing town following the decline of port activities in the 1960s.
