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Lake Burbury - TAS

View of Lake Burbury

Lake,River,Creek

Position

DEG: -42.125962 145.667523

DMS: 42º 07' 33.46" S 145º 40' 3.09" E

UTM: 55 G 5335379mN 389864mE

Altitude: 231m

Place Type

Geography - Lake,River,Creek

Location

161.35kms NorthWest of Hobart - Driving 243 km (3 hours 7 mins)
482.13kms South of Melbourne - Driving 683 km (23 hours 22 mins)

Address & Contact

7468

Phone: (03) 6471 251

Email: N/A

Web: https://www.discovertasmania.com.au/attraction/lakeburbury

Information

Lake Burbury is man made, with its waters held back by the Crotty Dam on the King River. Built by Tasmanian Hydro Electric Corporation, it supplies the John Butters Hydro Electric power station.
It is a popular fishing water and is conveniently just 15 minutes east of Queenstown. In its waters you can fish for the legendary Tasmanian wild trout with both brown and rainbow varieties available.
It is named after Stanley Burbury, the first Australian-born Governor of Tasmania.
There are boat launching, picnic and barbecue facilities plus a free camping area for self contained visitors.
There are numerous free camping options along the foreshore - see separate camping listing.

PlaceID	73169

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Strahan at 02/12:00am EST

Distance from Lake Burbury 31.21km W

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
8.9°C	6.3°C	82%	6.0°C	1032.0hPa	0.0mm	NNE	9km/hr 5knots	11km/hr 6knots

Closest Climatic Station

Strahan Aerodrome

Distance from Lake Burbury 31.21km W

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	20.7	21.1	19.4	16.7	14.2	12.6	12.2	13.1	14.3	16.1	17.9	19.7
Mean Min. °C	10.7	10.8	9.7	8.4	7.4	5.5	5.1	5.8	6.2	7.3	8.3	9.6
Mean Rain mm	85.8	63.8	103.6	114.1	144.3	152.1	170.5	173.8	156.3	117.5	95.6	93.9