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Port Phillip Gap - NSW

View east to Tantangara

Pass,Gap

Position

DEG: -35.69896 148.61133

DMS: 35º 41' 56.25" S 148º 36' 40.78" E

UTM: 55 H 6048244mN 645781mE

Altitude: 1415.74m

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Description

Place Type

Geography - Pass,Gap

Location

66.74kms SouthWest of Canberra
401.43kms NorthEast of Melbourne
805.18kms North of Hobart

Address & Contact Edit

Port Phillip Fire Trail
Tantangara NSW 2629

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Information

When heading east from the Long Plain Rd, the Port Phillip Trail winds through a mix of gums and grass. From the gap a gradual descent of 200m is made over a distance of 7 km to the Currango Plain and causeway across Tantangara Reservoir. Great views to the ranges east of the plain.

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Nearby Places (39)

Mount Nattung 1.16km
Ghost Gully Camp Ground 1.86km
Whites Hill 2.45km
Port Phillip Trail 2.82km
Millers Hut 3.1km
Millers Hut 3.11km
Dairymans Plain 3.17km
Hainsworth Hut 3.23km
Hainsworth Hut 3.25km
Black Hill 3.51km
Dairymans Gap 3.95km
Ruin: Jennets (approx) 4.82km
Old Currango Hut 4.87km
Long Plain 5.13km
Peak Back Ridge 5.52km
Port Philip Trail (West End) 5.82km
Tom O'Rourkes Peak 6.05km
Spicers Hut 6.21km
Long Plain Hut 6.31km
Skains Mountain 6.36km
Ruin: Jennels Hut Ruin (approx) 6.42km
Bill Jones Hut 7.21km
Cooinbil Hut 7.62km
Cooinbil Homestead Hut (1905) 7.63km
Rules Point 7.63km
Hains Hut 8.01km
Harris Hut 8.03km
Hains Hut 8.07km
Currango Plain 8.18km
Currango Homestead 8.22km
Currango Homestead Hut 8.24km
Long Plain Rd & Murrumbidgee River 8.43km
Yarrangobilly Mountain 8.46km
Tantangara Reservoir 8.48km
Gurrangorambla Range 9.35km
Ruin: Spencers Hut 9.68km
Port Philip Trail (East End) 9.69km
Howells Peak 9.84km
Nichols Gorge 9.86km

Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mount Ginini at 23/10:00am EST

Distance from Port Phillip Gap 23.8km NE

Temperature
8.2°C
Feels Like	4.6°C
Rel. Humidity	100%
Dew Point	8.2°C
Pressure	hPa
Rainfall	6.6mm
Wind Direction	ENE
Wind Speed	17km/hr 9knots
Gusts	35km/hr 19knots

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
8.2°C	4.6°C	100%	8.2°C	hPa	6.6mm	ENE	17km/hr 9knots	35km/hr 19knots

Closest Climatic Station

Cabramurra Smhea Aws

Distance from Port Phillip Gap 33.8km SW


Mean Max. °C
Jan	21.6
Feb	20.9
Mar	17.5
Apr	12.9
May	8.7
Jun	5.3
Jul	3.8
Aug	4.9
Sep	8.7
Oct	11.9
Nov	15.8
Dec	18.2
Mean Min. °C
Jan	11.5
Feb	11.3
Mar	8.7
Apr	5.7
May	2.8
Jun	0.4
Jul	-0.9
Aug	-0.4
Sep	1.7
Oct	4.0
Nov	7.3
Dec	8.8
Mean Rain mm
Jan	43.7
Feb	85.3
Mar	80.3
Apr	66.8
May	77.3
Jun	112.2
Jul	110.0
Aug	129.3
Sep	130.6
Oct	104.4
Nov	111.8
Dec	82.8

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	21.6	20.9	17.5	12.9	8.7	5.3	3.8	4.9	8.7	11.9	15.8	18.2
Mean Min. °C	11.5	11.3	8.7	5.7	2.8	0.4	-0.9	-0.4	1.7	4.0	7.3	8.8
Mean Rain mm	43.7	85.3	80.3	66.8	77.3	112.2	110.0	129.3	130.6	104.4	111.8	82.8