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Eucumbene Portal - NSW

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Tunneling operations

Place Name

Position

DEG: -36.077531 148.598552

DMS: 36º 04' 39.11" S 148º 35' 54.8" E

UTM: 55 H 6006270mN 643938mE

Altitude: 1211.8m

Place Type

Population - Place Name

Location

100.81kms SouthWest of Canberra
376.97kms NorthEast of Melbourne
764kms North of Hobart

Address & Contact

Portal Rd
NSW 2630

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

Site of the eastern end of the 22.2 km long Eucumbene - Tumut tunnel, completed in 1959 as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Water stored in Lake Eucumbene is usually diverted westwards to Tumut Pondage, then four power stations on the Tumut River. Access to this site could be by boat or on land by pushbike or on foot. The road is MVO. This would involve a 450 m descent from the Happy Jacks Rd on the ridge at 1600 m to the lake at 1150 m and then back up again. Public access is occasionally given to car clubs.
The tunnel portal is under 10 to 50 metres of water depending upon the storage level in the lake so the trashracks are not usually visible.

PlaceID	24689

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Cabramurra at 02/07:00am EST

Distance from Eucumbene Portal 25.24km NW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
3.1°C	-1.6°C	57%	-4.6°C	hPa	-mm	S	11km/hr 6knots	15km/hr 8knots

Closest Climatic Station

Cabramurra Smhea Aws

Distance from Eucumbene Portal 25.24km NW

	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