Up through the middle
Saturday, March 30th, 2013 at 09:45pm
As this road trip through western Tasmania draws to a close, today we travelleled north from Hobart to Launceston, but we didn’t just follow the main highway.
From Hobart we headed back up the Derwent River to have another look at its vertical lift bridge.
From there we continued north, but then turned off into the hills to the Waddamana Power Station Museum.
The museum was an excellent source for photos of old machinery and switching gear. This alone has provided many photos for me to sort through later.
From Waddamana we headed up to the Miena Dam on Great Lake. The water level was low enough to expose the second Miena Dam (a series of concrete arches) behind the current rockfill dam. It wasn’t quite low enough to expose the first concrete dam, but it was just visible.
Around the corner from the Miena Dam was the outlet of the pipe where water is pumped up from Arthurs Lake. Here is a small power station that uses that water to reclaim some of the energy.
Continuing north we dropped down the Great Western Tiers and then arrived in Launceston in mid-afternoon. This gave us time to visit Cataract Gorge, both First Basin and the old Duck Reach power station.
We also drove around Launceston, noting the Tramway Museum for a visit tomorrow.
