Rules Beach is a coastal town and rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Rules Beach had a population of 56 people.

Geography

The southern boundary of the locality is Baffle Creek as it enters the

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. The land to the north of Baffle Creek as it enters the sea is the Mouth of Baffle Creek Conservation Park. The town itself is a single street of houses by the ocean. The land use is predominantly

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on native vegetation with some horticulture.

History

The locality was named and bounded on 9 April 1999. On 26 November 2018, the

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ordered the evacuation of Baffle Creek, Deepwater and Rules Beach due to a "dangerous and unpredictable"

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wide and covering with flames of high during an extreme

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Demographics

In the , the locality of Rules Beach had a population of 86 people. In the , the locality of Rules Beach had a population of 56 people.

Education

There are no schools in Rules Beach. The nearest government primary school is Wartburg State School in neighbouring Baffle Creek to the west. The nearest government secondary school is Rosedale State School (to Year 12) in Rosedale to the south-west.

References

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