34 Riviera Road, Sellicks Beach SA 5174, Australia
The property is situated about 47 kilometres (29 miles) south of the Adelaide city centre. It lies on the outer southern fringe of the metropolitan area.
Sellicks Beach is known as Witawali or Witawodli by the Kaurna people, the traditional owners. It is a significant site of a freshwater spring said to have been created by the tears of Tjilbruke, the creator ancestor in Kaurna Dreaming.
Within Sellicks Beach there is a post office, a delicatessen and a wholesale nursery. A short drive to nearby Aldinga Beach provides three petrol stations, two supermarkets, a bakery, a doctor’s surgery, two chemists and various other shops.
Yes, residents are permitted to drive motor vehicles onto Sellicks Beach free of charge. Non‑residents may also do so but are required to pay a small fee.
Organised motorcycle racing took place on the beach from 1917 until 1953, with re‑enactments in 1986 and 1992 and a revival in 2017. A commemorative Tjilbruke Dreaming plaque was unveiled on the Esplanade in 1986, and the suburb was officially gazetted in 1993.
The Sellicks Beach weather station is about 0.9 km away, the suburb of Sellicks Beach itself is roughly 1.1 km distant, Sellicks Hill lies about 1.3 km away, and Silver Sands Beach is around 1.6 km from the property.
The 2016 Australian census recorded a population of 2,616 people living within the boundaries of Sellicks Beach.
