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Rocky Creek Glacial Area - NSW

Rocky Creek

Free Camp

Position

DEG: -30.035555 150.31694

DMS: 30º 02' 8" S 150º 19' 0.99" E

UTM: 56 J 6674241mN 241270mE

Altitude: 384.05m

Address & Contact

Narrabri-Bingara RdBack Creek New South Wales 2390

Phone: +612 6724 0066

Email: N/A

Web: https://explorenarrabriregion.com.au/narrabri-directory/rocky-creek-glacial-area

Information

This area is signposted as "Glacial Area" and camping is permitted (no facilities other than toilet). Please take all rubbish with you. It's a nice spot to swim, and there is a nice picnic area. If camping be considerate and keep the area accessible for day visitors.

This is a site of geological significance. The tillite rock is a conglomerate type rock seen everywhere there. The Rocky Creek glaciation dates back some 290 million years to the Carboniferous Period.

More geological information can be obtained from Narrabri visitors information centre.

PlaceID	98725

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Barraba at 16/09:00am EST

Distance from Rocky Creek Glacial Area 47.31km SE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
4.6°C	3.4°C	99%	4.4°C	hPa	1.0mm	CALM	0km/hr 0knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Barraba Post Office

Distance from Rocky Creek Glacial Area 47.31km SE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	31.8	30.9	28.9	25.0	20.4	16.8	16.1	18.0	21.5	25.0	27.8	30.4
Mean Min. °C	16.4	16.0	12.7	7.9	4.2	1.6	0.2	1.1	4.2	8.2	11.9	14.6
Mean Rain mm	88.0	77.8	54.2	39.4	42.4	46.7	44.1	39.6	44.0	63.1	72.7	77.9