Type: | town |
Nubeena | |
State: | tas |
Coordinates: | -43.1°N 192°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Lga: | Tasman Council |
Postcode: | 7184 |
Pop: | 481 |
Maxtemp: | 14.8 |
Maxtemp Footnotes: | [1] |
Mintemp: | 8.2 |
Rainfall: | 1148.6 |
Stategov: | Lyons |
Fedgov: | Lyons |
Dist1: | 103 |
Dir1: | SE |
Location1: | Hobart |
Nubeena is a town and fishing village on the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia a township of Tasman Council, and seat of the municipality. At the 2016 census, Nubeena had a population of 481. It is the largest settlement on the peninsula.[2]
Nubeena is served by 97.7 Tasman FM and Pulse FM Tasman which is run by the JNET Radio Network.
The town is halfway along the west coast of Tasman Peninsula, on Parsons Bay, which is a narrow continuation of Wedge Bay. It is 10.3km (06.4miles) north-west of Port Arthur.
Nubeena has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb), with very mild summers and cool winters. Due to its position on the Tasman Peninsula, there is little rainfall and seasonal variation. Average maxima vary from in February to in July while average minima fluctuate between in February and in July and August. Mean average annual precipitation is moderately abundant: 1148.6mm, and is very frequent, spread across 201.2 precipitation days. The town has 206.1 cloudy days and only 32.7 clear days per annum. Extreme temperatures have ranged from on 3 January 1991 to on 25 July 1986 and on 19 September 1994.[3] All climate data was sourced from Port Arthur.
Nubeena Post Office opened on 1 December 1886. The first postmaster was Joseph Thornton (1813-1899) who carried the mail between Wedge Bay to Premaydena, then Impression Bay.[4]
The town possesses a police station[5] and a branch of the Country Women's Association.[6]