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Lake Barrington - TAS

Lake Barrington

The camping area at Kentish Park on the opposite side of the lake

The landing dock at the Lake Barrington launching ramp.

View down stream from the boat ramp at the Lake Barrington camping area

Lake,River,Creek

Position

DEG: -41.387094 146.211044

DMS: 41º 23' 13.53" S 146º 12' 39.76" E

UTM: 55 G 5417970mN 434037mE

Altitude: 124m

Place Type

Geography - Lake,River,Creek

Location

9.51kms West of Sheffield
13.38kms NorthEast of Moina
17.63kms North of Liena
22.81kms South of Forth

Address & Contact

Tasmania 7306

Phone: (03) 6491 1036

Email: kvic@kentish.tas.gov.au

Web: https://www.sheffieldtasmania.com.au/lake-barrington

Information

Lake Barrington was formed by a dam on the River Fourth.The lake is part of the Tasmanian Hydro Electric Scheme but is used for other purposes including competition rowing. It is also used for boating, canoeing, fishing, water skiing and jet skis.
It can be accessed from a number of boat ramps and there is a campsite at Wilmot. The former campground at Kentish has been decommissioned (2024).

PlaceID	72990

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Sheffield at 02/02:30am EST

Distance from Lake Barrington 9.24km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
3.0°C	1.4°C	96%	2.4°C	1030.9hPa	0.0mm	CALM	0km/hr 0knots	0km/hr 0knots

Closest Climatic Station

Sheffield School Farm

Distance from Lake Barrington 9.24km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	21.9	21.6	19.8	16.5	13.6	11.6	10.8	11.7	13.1	15.1	18.0	19.5
Mean Min. °C	10.6	10.8	9.2	7.0	5.4	3.9	3.3	3.9	4.7	5.7	7.6	8.9
Mean Rain mm	48.8	45.5	61.3	66.5	87.1	104.7	114.4	133.0	125.4	78.4	93.5	68.1