Gordon River Road

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Tasmania

The Gordon River Road - also called Strathgordon Road - is a street in the south-west of the Australian state of Tasmania. Developed in conjunction with the construction of dams on the Gordon River and the Serpentine River, which led Pedder for banking the Lake Gordon and Lake.

In 1963 the Tasmanian Government successfully Approached the Commonwealth for a $ 5 million grant to finance road construction from Maydena to the Middle Gordon River. In a submission never released to the public, the HEC Described the commission of road access as a matter of urgency. (Eng.: 1963 applied for the Tasmanian Government successful in the Commonwealth of Australia for a grant of AU $ 5.0 million for the construction of a road of Maydena the middle reaches of the Gordon River in a non-public tender, the HEC described the need for road access. as very urgent. )

The construction of the road began in January 1964.

Course

The road began in Maydena where to the north the Junee Road to Ninoe Cave, a cave on the southern edge of the Mount Field National Park branches. 2 km to the south branches Styx Road, a dirt road to the Styx River and the local Big Tree Reserve from. Then the Gordon River Road passes through the sources of the Florentine River and the Weld River north and south of the site Tim Shea. Tim Shea is located at the southwest corner of Mount Field National Park on 952 m height.

There, the road bends to the south and crosses the Frodsham Pass, where it turns west again and the Scotts Peak Dam Road ( C607 ) south to the eastern shore of Lake Pedder enlarged, the Edgar Dam and eventually to Scotts Peak dam continues. At the same place a dirt road leads north to the Adam settlement Field on the eastern shore of Lake Gordon, which may be visited only with special permission.

The Gordon River Road heads west, past the Mount Wedge and the Sentinel Range in the south to McPartian pass. From there it runs in a north-westerly direction to the former settlement for the construction workers of the dams, Strathgordon and on to the Gordon Dam. Shortly before reaching the target point turns to the south for a little side road to Serpentine Dam from.

The road represents the largest human intervention in the two southwestern national parks of Tasmania, the Franklin - Gordon Wild Rivers National Park and the South West National Park, both of which are UNESCO World Heritage Site, dar. Together with the Scotts Peak Road is the only with vehicles motorable road in the southwest of the island. It is the only way for buses and other vehicles of tourists who want to see the dams on Lake Gordon and Lake Pedder. In addition, there is only the opportunity to fly over the area.

The road, which starts today north of the settlement Rosegarland the Lyell Highway, also provides the only access road to Mount Fields National Park with its famous ski areas.

Source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4. Page 60 61