Waddamana Power Station Tasmania

We took the kids on the platypus walk in Hamilton and then a play at the playground before heading off on today’s adventures.

Just out of town we filled up on possibly Tassie’s cheapest fuel at $1.959

We then ventured into Bothwell which we had visited before. The town with its own plaid and first golf course in Australia. It is also the place that one of Mark’s ancestors, William De Little (eldest brother of Robert -architect in Launceston and Arthur- great grand father), died. He was the town’s surgeon and met his untimely death falling off his horse and drowning in the Clyde River after seeing to one of his patients. Unfortunately we could not find his headstone from 1838. 

After a walk around we continued up the road to the Highlands Power Trail to Waddamana. The  power station was built in 1922 in a remote valley. As we drove along there were information panels. 

All the supplies were brought in on a horse drawn wooden tramway from Bothwell. 

Many farms developed along the route to feed all the workers.

The village at the power station encountered tough conditions and isolation. 

The hydro power station is now no longer in use but the original machinery can be viewed for free along with some wonderful historic information. 

Just up the road we stopped at Breakfast Bay, one of the free camps at Penstock Lagoon.