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Port Franklin - VIC

A boat at the wharf in the river

Boats moored in the river

Franklin River estuary

Town

Position

DEG: -38.685699 146.278534

DMS: 38º 41' 8.52" S 146º 16' 42.72" E

UTM: 55 H 5717854mN 437251mE

Altitude: 6.73m

Place Type

Population - Town

Location

150.38kms SouthEast of Melbourne - Driving 181 km (2 hours 16 mins)
455.83kms SouthWest of Canberra - Driving 641 km (7 hours 51 mins)
474.52kms North of Hobart - Driving 913 km (1 day 2 hours)

Address & Contact

4 South St
Port Franklin VIC 3964

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

Port Franklin is a small community at the mount of the Franklin River, near Foster in South Gippsland. Its population is not much over 100. It has no shops other than fresh fish sales at certain times. The river estuary is used for mooring of fishing and pleasure craft. Many of the houses have the appearance of casually occupied holiday homes.

PlaceID	55098

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Pound Creek at 22/09:30pm EDT

Distance from Port Franklin 41.07km W

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
12.8°C	4.8°C	86%	10.5°C	1006.1hPa	5.2mm	SW	43km/hr 23knots	54km/hr 29knots

Closest Climatic Station

Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse

Distance from Port Franklin 50.92km S

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	20.3	20.5	19.4	17.3	14.9	13.0	12.2	12.8	14.2	15.8	17.2	18.8
Mean Min. °C	14.0	14.8	14.1	12.7	11.1	9.3	8.4	8.3	9.0	10.0	11.2	12.6
Mean Rain mm	50.5	46.8	69.6	84.8	112.8	120.1	121.6	121.0	99.1	91.7	71.4	63.8