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Irwin Inlet Day Use Area - WA

Picnic area & shallow canoe launch spot on Irwin Inlet

Water's edge at Irwin Inlet Picnic Site

Rest Area,P-Bay,Day Use

Position

DEG: -35.002899 116.945396

DMS: 35º 00' 10.44" S 116º 56' 43.43" E

UTM: 50 H 6126634mN 495017mE

Altitude: 0m

Address & Contact

Kent River

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: http://members.iinet.net.au/~rokhor/canoe/irwininlet.html

Information

Irwin Inlet is a freshwater inlet, which fills from the Bow River and the Kent River and empties into Peaceful Bay and the Great Southern Ocean.

Canoeists/kayakers can put in here (very shallow at this spot) or back at Bow River (turn left onto dirt track a short distance from highway, then turn left again - deep water). The inlet is affected by winds but sheltered paddling is available in lee of southern shore.
You can paddle south to the inlet mouth along a narrow channel enclosed by sand dunes and/or up Kent River and/or Bow River (the distance you can go upstream depends on recent rainfall). At the head of the narrow channel to the inlet mouth canoes are kept in boatsheds to enable Bibblumum Track walkers to cross.

The sandbar at the inlet opening to Peaceful Bay is usually closed during summer but in winter the inlet is often open to the sea.

PlaceID	63060

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Walpole North at 02/04:00am WST

Distance from Irwin Inlet Day Use Area 21.25km W

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
18.7°C	16.3°C	86%	16.3°C	1012.9hPa	0.0mm	NW	24km/hr 13knots	33km/hr 18knots

Closest Climatic Station

Rocky Gully

Distance from Irwin Inlet Day Use Area 48.32km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	27.3	27.5	25.4	22.0	18.8	15.5	14.7	15.3	16.4	19.0	23.1	25.5
Mean Min. °C	12.6	13.3	12.4	10.8	9.4	7.7	6.4	6.7	7.1	7.9	9.8	11.2
Mean Rain mm	17.3	16.3	34.5	51.3	71.8	90.3	96.0	90.5	95.0	54.1	41.2	31.8