Glass House Camp Area - VIC

  Camp Free

Position

DEG: -37.846699 148.109116
DMS: 37º 50' 48.12" S 148º 06' 32.82" E
UTM: 55 H 5810614mN 597581mE
Altitude: 8.75m

Description

Place Type

Camps & Accom - Camp Free

Location

276.94kms East of Melbourne
299.66kms South of Canberra
563.14kms North of Hobart

Address & Contact

11 Lake Tyers House Rd
Lake Tyers VIC 3887
Phone: N/A
Email: N/A
Web: N/A

Information

A large grassed (occasionally slashed) clearing, edged by wattle, casuarina, Tea-tree backed by low dry forest. Looks over Lake Tyres towards Lakes Entrance.
Only 4 level sites have good shade and wind protection from a row of mature cypress pines.
The lake is shallow and the sand mostly covered by sea grass.
Black swans, pelicans, water birds and kookaburras are common, as are wombats, rabbits and bandicoots.
Glass Factory ruins include a chimney and some boilers.
Unfortunately, after 16k of bumpy road, the outlook over the lake is constrained by shrubs and access to the lake is limited to one set of steps.
Use of gas stoves and portable toilets preferred.
Glasshouse Beach (ocean, surf) is about 2k distant.
Access from Princes Hwy: south 16k down Lake Tyres House Rd (creek gravel, bumpy) to its end (the last kilometer is signed "dry weather only", with little gravel).
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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Lakes Entrance at 22/03:00pm EDT
Distance from Glass House Camp Area 9.46km W
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
18.4°C17.8°C67%12.3°ChPa0.0mmSE7km/hr
4knots
km/hr
knots

Closest Climatic Station

Mount Nowa Nowa
Distance from Glass House Camp Area 17.22km N
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C24.824.522.419.215.713.412.914.417.018.921.022.2
Mean Min. °C14.214.212.710.68.67.05.96.37.88.910.911.9
Mean Rain mm56.072.056.576.461.677.262.863.056.069.788.881.3

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