Road weather alert and closures

Bureau of Meteorology
Tasmania

Road Weather Alert for Tasmania
for Upper Derwent Valley, North West Coast, Central North, North East, Western, Central Plateau, Midlands, East Coast and South East forecast districts

Issued at 9:58pm on Friday 7 August 2015.

Icy roads will make driving conditions dangerous during Saturday morning in parts of the North West Coast, Central North, North East, Western, Central Plateau, Midlands, East Coast, Upper Derwent Valley and South East forecast districts.

For information on any road closures, please contact your local council or the Police.

The next alert will be issued by 5am  Saturday.

TONIGHT'S ROAD CLOSURES IN OUR AREA

Roads Effected By Ice (use extreme caution)
Lake St Clair Rd from Derwent Bridge to Lake St Clair.
Lakes Secondary Rd (Highland Lakes Rd) Bothwell to Miena

Road Closed
Lake Dobson Rd

4WD ONLY (use extreme caution)
Collinsvale Rd, Collins Cap
Marlborough Rd Bronte to Miena
Gordon River Rd from Maydena to Strathgordon

Check the Tasmania Police Community Alerts page for updated road closures.

Going to Mt Field this weekend?

Image from the Mt Mawson snowcam around midday today.

THE Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife service reports that snow and tree clearing has continued up the Lake Dobson Rd at Mt Field today, but the road will remain closed tonight.

Advice from road maintenance crews is that the road is planned to be open at 9am tomorrow (Saturday). All vehicles planning to drive up to the Lake Dobson car park may require chains due to extensive black ice.

Anyone planning on visiting should check www.police.tas.gov.au or ring the Mt Field ranger office on 6288 1149 for up to date conditions. Signs will also be in place to advise of road conditions and rangers will be controlling access to the road beyond the visitors centre.

Two-wheel-drive vehicles without chains will not be permitted beyond the visitor centre. All lower areas of the park are open.

Gordon River Rd beyond Maydena remains closed due to major tree and snow falls. Crews have been working on the road all week and it is likely to be closed until early next week.

The Southern Tasmanian Ski Association has provided the following information for anyone planning to head up to the Mawson ski field above Lake Dobson.

Q. How to buy ski tow tickets?
A. All tickets are sold on the mountain besides the ski tow. Cash only sales available.

Q. Can I hire ski/snowboards and gear up there?
A. There is no hire on the mountain.

Q. How do I get there, what's up there etc?
A. mtmawson.info/location/     mtmawson.info/about/      mtmawson.info/snow-cam/

Q. What do I need to bring?
A. Everything; food, water, equipment, clothing. There is a small shelter hut on the ski field and a toilet, that's it!

Hard task at Boyer for the visiting Sharks

SFL Season 2015
Round 15 Preview

By BEN HARRISON
THE Eagles take on Dodges Ferry at Boyer Oval tomorrow (Saturday) in a clash that could prove a hard day at the office for the Sharks who may end up fish out of water following their road trip to the Derwent Valley.

The Sharks will no doubt have the usual suspects in David Cusick, Jamie Curran and Josh Godden trying to keep them competitive but the Eagles appear to be building well towards their finals campaign and on paper have way to much class across all the lines for an upset to be a consideration in this clash.

Jacob Wigg has been in great form for the Eagles and there has been a wide spread of goal scorers for New Norfolk which gives them numerous avenues to goal and you would expect a 10 goal margin in this game.

Player to watch: Jacob Wigg (New Norfolk)

Prediction: New Norfolk by 62 points.

Friday road weather warning

Bureau of Meteorology
Tasmania

Road Weather Alert
for the Upper Derwent Valley, Central North, Western, Central Plateau, Midlands, East Coast and South East forecast districts

Issued at 8:11pm on Thursday 6 August 2015.

Icy and snow covered roads will make driving conditions dangerous during Thursday and Friday morning in parts of the Central North, Western, Central Plateau, Midlands, East Coast, Upper Derwent Valley and South East forecast districts.

For information on any road closures, please contact your local council or the Police.

The next alert will be issued by 5am Friday.

Road closures

 UPDATE: Collinsvale Primary School now open

 Thursday, 6 August 2015 - 7:10 am

Despite slightly milder conditions than yesterday, police say motorists should still use extreme care when travelling today, as many roads are covered with black ice. Collinsvale Primary School remains closed.

 Closed

Gordon River Rd from Maydena to Strathgordon

Lake Dobson Rd

Lake Sorell Rd

Marlborough Road Bronte to Miena

Lyell Highway from Wayatinah to Derwent Bridge

Marlborough Rd Bronte to Miena

4wd ONLY

Lovely Banks Road

Collinsvale Road, Collins Cap

Lakes Secondary Road (Highland Lakes Rd) Bothwell to Miena

Lyell Highway between Queenstown and Derwent Bridge

* Check the Tasmania Police Community Alerts page for updated road closures.

Road weather alert

Bureau of Meteorology
Tasmania

Road Weather Alert
for the Upper Derwent Valley, North West Coast, Central North, North East, Western, Central Plateau, Midlands, East Coast and South East forecast districts

Issued at 4:15pm on Wednesday 5 August 2015.

Icy and snow covered roads will make driving conditions dangerous during Wednesday and Thursday in parts of the North West Coast, Central North, North East, Western, Central Plateau, Midlands, East Coast, Upper Derwent Valley and South East forecast districts.

For information on any road closures, please contact your local council or the Police.

The next alert will be issued by 11pm Wednesday.

Local schools and roads closed today

The following schools are confirmed closed due to snowy conditions today (updated 7:12 am 5 Aug).

• Collinsvale PS
• Glenora DHS

Westerway Primary School is open if you can safely get there. Its school buses are not operating today.

Check the Tasmania Police Community Alerts page for updated road closures.

Road Report: Updated Wednesday, 5 August 2015 - 7.20am

CLOSED:

• Highlands Lake Rd from Miena to Bothwell
• Gordon River Rd Westerway to Strathgordon
• Lake Dobson Rd
• Lake Sorell Road
• Malborough Hwy Bronte to Miena
• Lyell Highway from Ouse to Derwent Bridge
• Lyell Hwy between Ouse and Queenstown

• Lake St Clair Road, Derwent Bridge to Lake St Clair
• Marlborough Rd
• Lake Secondary Rd (Highland Lakes Rd) between Marlborough and Golden   Valley

4wd ONLY (with Extreme Caution):

• Lyell Hwy from Lake Burbury to Derwent Bridge
• Lyell Hwy between Derwent Bridge to Qtown
• Collins Cap Road from Springdale Road