Tailem Bend is a town on the Murray River in South Australia. The town was proclaimed in 1887, the year after the main railway came through. The name is a corruption of the aboriginal name thelim which was used for the area. The word means bend and is associated with the sharp bend that the Murray River makes in this location.

It is located about 150 km south-east of Adelaide. It is located on the cliffs above the east (left) bank of the Murray River close to where the river empties into Lake Alexandrina. There is a ferry across the river to Jervois. Major industries in the area include pig farming, dairying, and grain growing.

Transport

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Tailem Bend has junctions on both the railway and highways linking Adelaide to Melbourne.

Railway

There are large grain storage silos and bunkers, where branch lines into the Murray Mallee join the main line. The two remaining branches are to Pinnaroo and Loxton via Karoonda (which used to be the junction for more branches). These two lines have been converted to standard gauge to be compatible with the main line (which was also converted from broad gauge), however they remain as light rail and ballast with very low speed limits. They are only used for collection of bulk grain, as the speed limits are too low to be practical for transport of time-sensitive freight. The Pinnaroo line continues (but presently remains broad gauge) into Victoria to Ouyen where it joins the Mildura to Melbourne line.

Roads

Tailem Bend is at the end of the South Eastern Freeway from Adelaide. From Tailem Bend, there is a choice of the Dukes Highway as the direct route to Melbourne, the Princes Highway along the Coorong and coast towards Melbourne, or the Mallee Highway east towards Sydney. Tailem Bend is a common stopping point for truck drivers into and out of Adelaide, as there is no further fuel or food outlets with truck facilities on the freeway.

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@xpeesx we broke down in a hire van last night and slept in it till my mum brought us my van... & the hire van is still in tailem bend haha
themiracleisnow (Josh Burgan) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:16:01 -0000
@xpeesx we broke down in a hire van last night and slept in it till my mum brought us my van... & the hire van is still in tailem bend haha
Stranded in Tailem Bend with overheated crappy van!
themiracleisnow (Josh Burgan) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:58:55 -0000
Stranded in Tailem Bend with overheated crappy van!
00:54 TAILEM BEND - Private Alarm GOING (region 3) http://bit.ly/3oUXwm #Fire #TAILEM_BEND
IncidentAlertS3 (Incident Alert R3-SA) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:30:35 -0000
00:54 TAILEM BEND - Private Alarm GOING (region 3) http://bit.ly/3oUXwm #Fire #TAILEM_BEND
11:08 TAILEM BEND - Rubbish Bin GOING (region 3) http://bit.ly/3kBhdc #Fire #TAILEM_BEND
IncidentAlertS3 (Incident Alert R3-SA) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:54:03 -0000
11:08 TAILEM BEND - Rubbish Bin GOING (region 3) http://bit.ly/3kBhdc #Fire #TAILEM_BEND
11:08 TAILEM BEND - Rubbish Fire GOING (region 3) http://bit.ly/2jpxIi #Fire #TAILEM_BEND
IncidentAlertS3 (Incident Alert R3-SA) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:44:58 -0000
11:08 TAILEM BEND - Rubbish Fire GOING (region 3) http://bit.ly/2jpxIi #Fire #TAILEM_BEND
22:15 TAILEM BEND - Other GOING (region 3) http://bit.ly/3o7mBH #Fire #TAILEM_BEND
IncidentAlertS3 (Incident Alert R3-SA) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:53:51 -0000
22:15 TAILEM BEND - Other GOING (region 3) http://bit.ly/3o7mBH #Fire #TAILEM_BEND

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