Inland Fisheries Service News

Boat ramp closure at Lake Gairdner
Hydro Tasmania advises that the only formally recognised boat ramp at Lake Gairdner will be closed temporarily from next week, as the result of scheduled power station maintenance. Hydro Tasmania needs to undertake work at Wilmot Power Station, during which the station will not be operational. The work will start on 8 February 2016. Lake...

Great Lake now has the dual name of yingina
A second round of dual names have been approved by the Nomenclature Board of Tasmania under the Government’s Aboriginal and Dual Names Policy, bringing the total to 13. Earlier this month dual names were assigned to seven Tasmanian geographical icons including Great Lake which now has the dual name of yingina The names are applied...

Closure of boat ramps at Lake Burbury
Hydro Tasmania and Marine and Safety Tasmania advise that all three formally recognised boat ramps at Lake Burbury have been closed due to low lake levels as a result of unprecedented low inflows. This includes Darwin Dam, Lake Burbury camp ground and Thureau Hills boat ramps. These ramps will remain closed until water levels increase...

Closure of boat ramps at Great Lake
Hydro Tasmania have advised that only one formally recognised boat ramp remains open at Great Lake. Prior to Christmas 2015, Cramps Bay and Swan Bay boat ramps were closed as they were not usable with current lake levels. This month (January 2016), Tods Corner, Haddens Bay and Brandum Bay boat ramps have been closed. The...

Tasmania PWS advise not to use Western Lakes tracks
On their Facebook page, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service have issued the following parks and track closure notice for 20 January 2016. WALLS OF JERUSALEM NATIONAL PARK AND THE CENTRAL PLATEAU CONSERVATION AREA Due to a bushfire in the Mersey Forest Road area, the Walls of Jerusalem National Park and part of the Central Plateau...