Mount Read (Tasmania)

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The Mount Read is a mountain in the west of the Australian state of Tasmania. It is located on the northwest corner of the West Coast Range.

As at Mount Lyell, there is also the Mount Read for over a hundred years, mines, settlements and other human activities.

The most important gold and Kupfererzadern in the West Coast Range occur along the geological formation of the Mount Read- volcanoes.

Hercules mine conveyor system

The Hercules mine at Mount Read was connected by a 60 cm wide inclined conveyor system with the settlement of Williams Ford and then with the North Dundas Tramway. The conveyor system worked automatically, was 1.6 km long and overcame a height difference of 550 m. The maximum slope was 1:5.

Huon Podocarpus

Despite the extensive mining and human activities on its slopes of Mount Read has unique stands of Huon Podocarpus ( Lagarostrobos franklinii ) on its slopes.

Weather Station

On the Mount Read an automatic weather station of the Bureau of Meteorology has been installed, which often gives you some very extreme weather conditions. The high values ​​for rainfall in the autumn of 2006 are equal to those from Lake Margaret on 30 June 2006.

Past glaciation

In the southeast of the Mount Read, in the Tyndall Range, you can see many signs of past glaciation. , As well as glacial lakes such as Lake Westwood Lake Selina and Lake Julia.