Currie

Currie is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of King Island in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania.

Currie is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of King Island in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The 2016 census provides a population of 768 for the state suburb of Currie.

It is the largest township on, and is the administrative centre of, King Island, at the western entrance to Bass Strait.

Currie was gazetted as a locality in 1971.

Currie has a very mild oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) bordering on a Mediterranean climate (Csb) owing to its summers being drier than most of Tasmania. Winter frosts are extremely rare owing to the strong maritime influence (rarer than at Urandangi, over 18 degrees closer to the equator), whilst only three days per year will exceed 30 °C (86 °F). Owing to the strong westerly winds from the Southern Ocean, Currie’s weather on most days is cloudy and showery – over half of all days receive some rainfall, though seldom is it heavy, and only 25 days per year have cloud cover under one-eighth, with fewer than four such days on average even during the quite dry summer months. The town is quite windy, with a mean wind speed of 21.6 kilometres per hour (13.4 mph; 11.7 kn) and gusts as high as 124 kilometres per hour (77.1 mph; 67.0 kn).