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Plantation Campground - VIC

Plantation

Camp Free

Position

DEG: -37.059444 142.514725

DMS: 37º 03' 34" S 142º 30' 53.01" E

UTM: 54 H 5897460mN 634674mE

Altitude: 242.04m

Place Type

Camps & Accom - Camp Free

Location

232.32kms West of Melbourne - Driving 268 km (3 hours 18 mins)
424.89kms SouthEast of Adelaide - Driving 494 km (5 hours 34 mins)
766.15kms NorthWest of Hobart - Driving 994 km (1 day 3 hours)

Address & Contact

Mt Zero Rd
Mt Dryden VIC 3381

Phone: 131 963

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

A large gently sloping old forestry camp shaded by Yellow Gum, Brown Stringybark or cypress pines extending into a mature pine plantation. Sites are well dispersed. Facilities include 14 fireplaces, 16 tables, 3 toilet blocks, a grassed "common" and taps supplied from a dam further up the Mt Difficult range. Grass is mown each morning by wallabies. Bird life is plentiful and varied. Fees used to be $9.90 per site/night.

PlaceID	98798

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Stawell at 02/03:00am EST

Distance from Plantation Campground 20.1km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
4.6°C	2.1°C	99%	4.5°C	1032.0hPa	0.0mm	ESE	7km/hr 4knots	9km/hr 5knots

Closest Climatic Station

Stawell Aerodrome

Distance from Plantation Campground 20.1km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	29.2	28.5	25.2	20.8	16.3	13.3	12.5	14.0	16.6	19.7	23.8	26.3
Mean Min. °C	13.5	13.7	11.2	8.3	6.0	4.7	4.1	4.6	6.0	7.3	9.8	11.1
Mean Rain mm	36.9	33.1	21.4	28.3	34.7	53.7	55.7	56.8	52.6	36.9	45.3	38.2