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Mait’s Rest Rainforest Walk - VIC

Mait’s Rest Rainforest Walk

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Position

DEG: -38.755805 143.554588

DMS: 38º 45' 20.9" S 143º 33' 16.49" E

UTM: 54 H 5707222mN 721981mE

Altitude: 248.71m

Address & Contact

Maits Rest Rainforest Walk
Cape Otway VIC 3233

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Information

Maits Rest Rainforest Walk 800m, 30min circuit.
Grade 2 Easy. No steps. Gentle slope.
Maitland Bryant was this district's first State Forests inspector appointed around the time of the First World War, 1914. 'Mait' would rest his horse near this location on his regular patrol from Apollo Bay to Hordenvale.
The fragile ecosystem represented here is Cool Temperate Rainforest.
This is a rare pocket of unlogged forest in the Otway Ranges.

PlaceID	519567

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Cape Otway at 02/02:30am EST

Distance from Mait’s Rest Rainforest Walk 11.66km S

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
11.0°C	7.4°C	74%	6.6°C	1031.9hPa	0.0mm	NE	15km/hr 8knots	17km/hr 9knots

Closest Climatic Station

Cape Otway Lighthouse

Distance from Mait’s Rest Rainforest Walk 11.66km S

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	21.4	21.6	20.3	18.0	15.6	13.6	13.0	13.8	15.2	16.9	18.3	19.9
Mean Min. °C	13.3	13.9	13.2	11.6	10.0	8.5	7.5	7.8	8.5	9.5	10.7	12.0
Mean Rain mm	44.1	42.2	55.4	71.2	90.7	97.3	105.3	103.2	90.1	80.6	63.7	53.2