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Remind me to cut their funding.

In our country Phil's I want to continue my experties in hydro but. Not so much. Hydro power in n your country if you can help us I wiling to relocate if theres a possible slot for u.

Hillo all boss in Hydro electric power plant specially in the Phil's I had more experience about hydro power.

Great work.

The sun does always shine, we just need to find a way to get the solar panels above the clouds. 🙂🇦🇺

A lovely film, beautifully shot and great explanations. More folks need to see this.

Incredible history about incredible people in an incredible location.

Great video, it brings back a lot of memories i used to work in the power station in the mid 80s when they installed the third machine, i used to work with Brett, the guide who took the 3 ladies on the tour

Brilliant stuff. I've always been interested in Tas Hydro, so perhaps strangely, that would be my dream holiday. I have to repeat a comment made on a tour of the Kiewa hydro scheme up in Victoria by a tourist who obviously wasn't paying attention... "So what do you do with the leftover water once you've taken all the electricity out of it?"

Thank you for the video. My father Bill Gobbart was the Engineer in charge of construction of the Poatina penstock. I remember Poatina well, including the turbines at the power station & good times in the village.

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Any videos on Butlers Gorge

I remember as a kid looking down at the Tarraleah power station from the top, and marvelling at how steep the pipes going down were. I remember the little railway tracks and once though it would be a good idea to go down to the station using the sleepers as steps - did not go far before turning back, haha. Against our parent's instructions we used to climb up onto the two big pipelines and mess around, and went under them and through the bush a bit to the spillway that came from the pipe head up the top. We once got caught in the spillway when water was released and literally had to scramble up the sides to safety. Luckily we scrambled up the village side or we would have had a bit of a journey to get the the bridge some way up the hill. We never told our parents about that close call..... I have indelibly fond memories of 4 years in Tarraleah top village from age 5 to 9, 1956 to 1960. My dad worked as an electrician on Butlers Gorge, Liapootah and Wayatinah power station construction.

Hi hydro Tas, We were at the dam the other day and it seems like it is still being upgraded? Is this correct? Also why is there no visible powerlines from the power-station?

Hydro power is and always will be the ultimate renewable energy. I think it’s really sad that since 1994 the focus has become wind farming which kills native birds in such an inhumane way and the power generated is stored using batteries which take a lot more mining and energy to produce. Hydro may impact the environment whilst building the dams and power station but then the land is given back to nature so that people co exist with and have opportunities to enjoy the environment. Flora and fauna have sanctuaries to thrive in. Wind farms will never achieve the same balance and always look ugly. The Hydro will still be there for many years to come but the wind turbines require more frequent replacement. If the hydro stuck to what they are so good at, the technology for new Hydro schemes would be so much better for the environment by now than what they were 20 years ago but sadly now we are going backwards. It’s very sad.

Some of the concrete was just dumped and then placed one shovel load at a time. Hard Yakka. On one of the big formed walls they were placing the concrete and tamping it with long poles. No concrete vibrators back then. Marvelous to watch them ply their trades. Mostly done by hand and horse power.

The grey machine on the back of the truck is a diamond drll rig.

We are so fortunate to have visual records of such momentous occasions in the developemnt of key Tasmanian infrastructure. Thx to Hydro for digging these treasures up from the archives and posting.

Visiting all this infrastructure today, its difficult to imagine just how much true hard manual labour went into its construction. I thoroughly enjoy every visit to this area and Tarraleah 'power house' is definitely a stand out with all its art deco features. Hope Hydro have another open day there soon 🙂

Amazing achievements but I am proud to have been arrested stopping the Franklin Dam

Can you drink the water?..

LONG LIVE THE FREE RIVER

Break THE DAM

Break the DAM

2022 i like this video!!!

apparentley New Is a goal in it self.

The background music isn’t, junked another video 👎👎👎👎👎💩💩💩

I knew his cousin "Harry shortass"

Dear Greta Thunburg 🤦

I hope this is played and spoken about to all generations in Tassie 🙏❤️🙌

Well done hydro Tasmania

Ditto to Adam’s comments. Poatina was awesome. Loved growing up there. Was a fantastic community. My dad also worked at the power station and Palmerston. Great to see the footage, thank you.

great people, great town , back then anyway .

Now i know Pam was known as the Queen bee, Her hobby was Known as Caveman

Great Video, I worked 12 months at the Reece Dam and 4 years at Anthony scheme , HEC sure did look after you there, Gained lots of experince

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It took 49 years before the mistakes were recognised and restoration to begin. Significantly, it is now 49 years since Lake Pedder was flooded! Now's the perfect time to right the wrongs leading up to the desecration of 1972 - engaging in the eco-system restoration of the Lake Pedder catchment would provide the Hydro with an international name for itself and Tasmania.

What is the carbon footprint of the base and how long does it take for wind power to compensate?

Can I ask how long it takes for the concrete to dry and for the tower to be installed?

Fingers crossed one day it will come back.

Brilliant i didn't know about this. Next Lake Pedder!

Sad the Hydro Dam Building Days Ended, End of a great era.

Loved my time with the Hydro, the Franklin Dam and the Anthony Scheme. Long live the Hydro.

I BECAME AN INJUNEER BUT I WANTED TO BE A COWBOY.

THE LIFE OF THE ANCHOR DEPENDS ON WHEN IT DIES --- IT WILL BE SAFE UNTIL THEN .

WOW PRONE TO CORROSION ---- GENIUS --- DID THEY GET WALLY THE WANKER TO DESIGN IT --- THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE FAILING BUT LETS DO IT ANYWAY THEN WE CAN START REBUILDING THE WALL JUST IN CASE.

Thank you for posting this fantastic video. Poatina was officially opened two days after I was born, and my late father was one of the first Operators there. I have many happy memories of the Power Station and life in Poatina village.

Wow! An awful lot of effort went into that. Amazing. I'm assuming that's Pine Tier Dam?

Great work. I am not the biggest fan of wind power, but I do love seeing them being constructed