Lightening Creek Camp - VIC

  Camp Free

Position

DEG: -36.150379 147.219299
DMS: 36º 09' 1.37" S 147º 13' 9.48" E
UTM: 55 H 5999350mN 519727mE
Altitude: 623.85m

Description

Place Type

Camps & Accom - Camp Free

Location

198.59kms SouthWest of Canberra - Driving 393 km (4 hours 10 mins)
272.79kms NorthEast of Melbourne - Driving 377 km (3 hours 59 mins)
747.58kms North of Hobart - Driving 1112 km (1 day 3 hours)

Address & Contact

Sirls Rd
Jarvis Creek VIC 3700
Phone: N/A
Email: N/A
Web: N/A

Information

A very pleasant, remote, small (1 BBQ & table) but sloping picnic ground situated in a small mountain-top valley. Grassed and green. Shaded by white trunked Southern Blue Gum and surrounded by a mixed sub-alpine forest. Kangaroos and wombats are common. Spring wildflowers. Small mossy dam on a small intermittent creek nearby.
Access off Plateau Rd (narrow, twisty, gravel), west 0.5k on Sirls Tk (formed, narrow), left 0.2k down Lightning Cr Tk (formed, steep, narrow).
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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Hume Reservoir at 29/09:00am EDT
Distance from Lightening Creek Camp 17.51km W
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
17.5°C16.8°C76%13.3°ChPa0.0mmS9km/hr
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Closest Climatic Station

Hume Reservoir
Distance from Lightening Creek Camp 17.51km W
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C30.830.427.021.716.713.012.214.217.321.025.028.5
Mean Min. °C16.416.513.810.07.04.83.94.96.79.111.714.3
Mean Rain mm45.243.845.651.258.567.676.876.361.669.353.149.5

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