Binalong Bay

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place | type = town

| name = Binalong Bay

| state = tas

| image = Bay of Fires View.JPG

| caption = Binalong Bay Beach

| coordinates = {{coord|41|15|S|148|18|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = top

| pop = 290

| pop_year = 2016 census

| pop_footnotes={{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60045?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Binalong Bay (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=13 September 2020 |quote=}}

| est =

| postcode = 7216

| lga = Break O'Day Council

| region = North-east

| stategov = Lyons

| fedgov = Lyons

| location1 = St Helens

| dist1 = 12

| dir1 = NE

| near-nw = The Gardens

| near-n = The Gardens

| near-ne = Tasman Sea

| near-e = Tasman Sea

| near-w = St Helens

| near-sw = St Helens

| near-s = St Helens

| near-se = Georges Bay

}}

Binalong Bay is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Break O'Day in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about {{convert|12|km}} north-east of the town of St Helens. The 2016 census recorded a population of 290 for the state suburb of Binalong Bay.

It is a small coastal town in north-east Tasmania, situated at the southern end of the Bay of Fires. Originally a fishing hamlet, the town is now a village with a large proportion of holiday dwellings. It has a beach, small harbour (known as the gulch) and a cafe.

==History==

Binalong Bay was gazetted as a locality in 1964.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Binalong Bay |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=13 September 2020 |at=Select “Search”, enter "1508B", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}} Originally known as Boat Harbour, the current name was adopted in 1944. It is believed to be the Aboriginal name.{{cite web|url=https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22682/2/dennison-A-K-opt.pdf |title=Where in Tasmania? A-K Page 16 |publisher=Dennison Publications |date=July 2003 |access-date=14 December 2020}}

Binalong Bay Post Office opened on 30 March 1966 and closed in 1973.{{Cite web | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Phoenix Auctions | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=TAS&filter=*Binalong*Bay* | access-date = 21 March 2021}}