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Franklin - TAS

Day sailing excursions are available on the Huon River

The wooden boat building centre at Franklin

Yachts moored at Franklin

Town

Position

DEG: -43.08884 147.00906

DMS: 43º 05' 19.83" S 147º 00' 32.63" E

UTM: 55 G 5229320mN 500737mE

Altitude: 20.76m

Place Type

Population - Town

Location

7.15kms SouthWest of Huonville
8.83kms NorthWest of Cygnet
19.93kms West of Kettering
163.6kms SouthEast of Queenstown

Address & Contact

9-13 Old Rd
Franklin TAS 7113

Phone: +613 6264 0300

Email: hvc@huonvalley.tas.gov.au

Web: https://www.exploroz.com/places/48842/tas+franklin

Information

Franklin is located on the west shore of the Huon River, south west from Hobart and just south of Huonville. It was named after Sir John Franklin who originally owned the area before it was broken up into smaller holdings. It is part of the Huon Valley Council area with a population of a bit over 300.

In earlier times it was a thriving river port with its own shipping connection to Hobart courtesy of Sir John Franklin's ketch "Huon Pine". The town went into decline after a road was built to Hobart and Huonville became more prominent. In recent years it has become a destination for mainland "sea changers", many of whom have taken up residence in the area. Much of the old town remains.

Biannually the Wooden Boat Centre, a non profit enterprise that teaches wooden boat building skills, hosts a wooden boat festival which draws many tourists to this world class facility.

PlaceID	48842

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Grove at 02/01:00am EST

Distance from Franklin 12.61km NE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
0.0°C	-3.2°C	98%	-0.3°C	hPa	0.0mm	NE	6km/hr 3knots	9km/hr 5knots

Closest Climatic Station

Geeveston (Cemetery Road)

Distance from Franklin 11.18km SW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	21.7	22.1	20.1	17.3	14.5	12.3	12.1	13.0	14.7	16.4	18.3	19.9
Mean Min. °C	9.9	9.8	8.4	6.3	4.7	2.2	2.2	3.0	4.5	6.0	7.6	8.7
Mean Rain mm	56.0	50.3	54.6	64.5	69.8	72.4	90.7	104.3	94.0	90.8	70.0	70.5