Explore Franklin
Franklin in Huon Valley (Tasmania) with it's 1,053 inhabitants is located in Australia about 551 mi (or 887 km) south of Canberra, the country's capital.
Local time in Franklin is now 10:11 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Australia / Hobart with an UTC offset of 11 hours. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Franklin. The closest airport in Australia is Hobart International Airport in a distance of 31 mi (or 50 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Hobart, Currie, , and . To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 18°C / 65 °F
Morning Temperature | 11°C / 51 °F |
Evening Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
Night Temperature | 15°C / 58 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 59% |
Air Pressure | 1021 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (3 mph) from North-West |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
25°C (77 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
13°C (55 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
17°C (63 °F)
14°C (56 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Ambience on Huon Bed and Breakfast
Cambridge House
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Huon Expo 2013
Join us to celebrate a blossoming Valley. Eat, explore and grab a great buy from some of the Huon's finest products, services, art and entertainment. From 10am to 4pm, Indoors at the PCYC...
Huon River Jet Boat Ride Tasmania.m2ts
A fast ,fun Jet boat ride along the Huon River in Huonville Tasmania about 30 minutes south of Hobart a must do while in Hobart Check out the website http://www.huonjet.com/
Franklin Working Waterfront: Cutting a Plank from an old Blue Gum Log
Milling a very old blue gum log that had been retrieved from the Huon River on the Franklin foreshore. This log will end up as part of a boat built by the Working Waterfront group in Franklin....
Launch of the Shengking
On Saturday Peter Walker finally launched his model of the Shengking, a 1931 British built steamer. The model is exact to scale and correct in every detail and has taken him 23 years to build....
Cygnet Launch Day - Cygnet Community Boat Build, Tasmania, Australia.
"Cygnet" a community built St Ayles skiff was launched today 28th January 2014 at Port Cygnet Sailing Club, Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia. Congratulations to all those involved in the construction...
Targa Wrest Point 2011 Cygnet 01 stage - single camera
This is Cygnet with only the main camera. I have sorted out the other cameras and will have the footage online soon. Cygnet 01 was one of our most fun stages, on or off the notes. We hit over...
Targa Wrest Point 2010, Cygnet, Evans/Bachmann, TMR Evo X Club Spec
Cygnet stage onboard the TMR Evo X Club Spec of Dean Evans and Simone Bachmann with SST dual-clutch gearbox, running on Yokohama Advan A050 tyres and Advan wheels.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Cradoc, Tasmania
Cradoc (Australian postcode 7109) is a small township on the eastern side of the Huon River south of Huonville, Tasmania. At the 2006 census, Cradoc had a population of 743. In 1792 Rear Admiral Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni D’Entrecasteaux was a French navigator, commissioned to search for La Perouse’s lost expedition, and explore our southern coastline. La Perouse had sailed from Botany Bay in 1788 and disappeared.
Egg Islands
The Egg Islands are a small group of low-lying estuarine islands in the tidal lower reaches of the Huon River of south-east Tasmania, Australia. They face the town of Franklin which lies on the western bank of the river.