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Denison Canal & Bridge - TAS

Denison Canal & Bridge

Denison Canal at Dunalley

The swing bridge over the canal

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -42.891789 147.804645

DMS: 42º 53' 30.44" S 147º 48' 16.71" E

UTM: 55 G 5250888mN 565700mE

Altitude: -0.76m

Address & Contact

184 Arthur Hwy
Dunalley TAS 7177

Phone: +61407 441 254

Email: N/A

Web: http://ontheconvicttrail.blogspot.com/2016/11/denison-canal-dunalley.html

Information

This area is designed for visitors to stop and enjoy viewing the canal with toilets and picnic facilities, information signboards and shops offering coffee and bakery. Sufficient street parking for long trailers.
The Denison Canal is the only canal in Australia built solely for the use of small craft. Originally dug by hand between 1901 and 1905 it joins Dunalley Bay and Blackman Bay, the bodies of water on each side of East Bay Neck through which it was dug. It now separates the Forester and Tasman Peninsulas from the Tasmanian main land via a bridge that swings clear to make way for boats to pass through.
The canal is just over 2.5 km long. A total of 37,500 cubic metres of material was removed. The canal is popular with yachts returning from the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race as it saves the much longer and often much rougher route around Cape Raoul and Storm Bay. The swing bridge was built in 1965.

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Maria Island at 02/05:30am EST

Distance from Denison Canal & Bridge 30.89km NE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
8.0°C	3.7°C	73%	3.5°C	1030.5hPa	0.0mm	WNW	15km/hr 8knots	19km/hr 10knots

Closest Climatic Station

Hobart Airport

Distance from Denison Canal & Bridge 25.37km W

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	22.5	22.3	20.7	18.1	15.2	12.9	12.5	13.5	15.3	17.3	19.0	20.7
Mean Min. °C	12.0	12.0	10.8	8.8	6.6	4.6	4.1	4.7	6.0	7.5	9.2	10.7
Mean Rain mm	40.3	36.1	36.5	42.6	35.4	32.6	42.4	47.1	42.2	46.2	44.2	53.1