Mersey River - TAS

  Lake,River,Creek

Position

DEG: -41.210468 146.370895
DMS: 41º 12' 37.69" S 146º 22' 15.22" E
UTM: 55 G 5437688mN 447260mE
Altitude: 2m

Description

Place Type

Geography - Lake,River,Creek

Location

202.1kms NorthWest of Hobart - Driving 278 km (3 hours 16 mins)
396.03kms South of Melbourne - Driving 459 km (20 hours 37 mins)

Address & Contact

7307
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Email: N/A
Web: N/A

Information

The Mersey River rises on the Central Plateau south of Lake Rowallan and enters Bass Strait at Devonport. The angler access map (click on icon above) refers to a 55km stretch of the river from Lake Parangana to Latrobe. Anglers may access the river at various locations, including Mersey Forest Road, Olivers Road, Liena, Union Bridge, Dynans Bridge, Kimberley, Merseylea, Warrawee Conservation Area and Latrobe.The Mersey River is one of the best river fisheries in Tasmania. Anglers will particularly enjoy fishing the fastwater sections downstream from Lake Parangana to Dynans Bridge, the rural flats at Kimberley and Merseylea and the estuary at Latrobe.Each March long weekend is the Devonport Regatta which consists of Power Boat racing, Miss Regatta Girl, Trans Mersey Swim, greasy pole, side show alley and woodchopping events.Whitewater rafting is popular on the river.Latrobe's Henley-on-Mersey Regatta held on Australia Day 26 January each year at Belles Parade consists of woodchopping, Ferret racing, Triathlon, Iron Trial Strongman, Boat Race, Cherry Spitting and Gum boot throwing.The Mersey River is also popular for water skiing.
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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Devonport Airport at 06/03:00am EDT
Distance from Mersey River 6.61km NE
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
10.5°C7.2°C93%9.4°C1010.8hPa0.0mmSSE17km/hr
9knots
19km/hr
10knots

Closest Climatic Station

Devonport Airport
Distance from Mersey River 6.61km NE
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C21.321.620.317.715.313.412.713.114.215.817.819.6
Mean Min. °C12.212.610.78.76.75.04.65.16.17.29.110.5
Mean Rain mm42.337.347.760.973.877.494.590.675.063.658.053.5

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