Inland Fisheries Service News
Angler access track maintenance
Over the past week the Inland Fisheries Service has completed annual maintenance on the access tracks to the Meander River at Warners Road, along with Camden Lake and Four Springs Lake . The Meander tracks provide foot access to the challenging and picturesque part of the river downstream of Meander Dam. This part of the river...
Lake Augusta Road repairs
The Parks and Wildlife Service have advised that they are undertaking repairs to the Lake Augusta Road this week. This will affect traffic from the Central Plateau Conservation Area boundary at the cattle grid, through to the Thousand Lakes Lodge. Please be advised to drive with caution on this section of the road and obey...
Tyenna River restoration progress
The Derwent Catchment Project (DCP) ran another successful volunteer planting day on the Tyenna River at Maydena in late November. A further 240 native trees and shrubs were planted, taking the plantings to date to over 500. It was very pleasing to see that the previous plantings from May 2024 had a 99% success rate...
Inland Fisheries Service presents at national fish biology conference
Senior Fisheries Manager Jonah Yick recently presented at the 2024 Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB) conference “Fish Frontiers” which was held from the 18 – 21 November 2024 in Newcastle, NSW. Delegates from universities and consulting companies, fisheries managers, scientists/researchers, students, and government representatives around Australia attended the conference to meet, network, and share...
Lake Augusta Road - open
Our friends over at Parks and Wildlife Service have an announcement: All seasonally closed tracks that provide access to the Western Lakes area (associated with the annual closure of lake Augusta Rd) have now been opened as of 21st November 2024. We thank you for your patience during this closure period. For any further information...
