In last week's blog post I gave you a glimpse of the Waddamana Power Station Museum. This week we take a closer look at some of the fabulous meters in their collection.
The Meters of Waddamana Power Station
Category: Tasmanian Life
Waddamana Power Station
In the geographical centre of Tasmania, up in the highlands, there's a turn off from the Highland Lakes Road that takes you 30km down a winding dirt road to an unexpected piece of industrial design history - the Waddamana Hydro-Electric Power Station. Or more precisely these days, the Waddamana Power Station Museum.
Highland Adventures
Today's post features a tiny, tiny glimpse at the central highlands of Tasmania. As always we took the quiet back roads as much as possible and it paid off. It's a beautiful region, and as is so often the case in Tasmania, you almost have the roads and the views all to yourself...
A garden in winter
This is our first "proper" winter in a long time. It's tempting to hide out inside, huddled beside the heater, but we've been brave and dragged ourselves out to explore. Recently we ventured to the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, one of my favourite places in Hobart, even during the chill of winter.
Dark Times in Hobart
This week I take you to the world of Dark Mofo.
Exploring the far south
This adventure took us to Tasmania's Far South, through the Southern Forests to the D'Entrecasteaux River and Recherche Bay.
A Peninsula Experience
Tasmania has no shortage of amazing places to stay. However, there are are a handful that are truly spectacular. The Peninsula Experience in Dover is one of those.
D’Entrecasteaux Channel Adventures
As I've mentioned before, the D'Entrecasteaux Channel region is one of my favourite parts of Tasmania. Here are a few highlights of a weekend adventure from Hobart down to Conningham.
Of bicycles and things
It's been far too long since I've been on a bike, but living in Tasmania is the perfect time to get back in the saddle.
Bream Creek Adventures
Last weekend found us at the Bream Creek Show, an iconic event in the Tasmanian calendar.
Exploring Mount Wellington
This weekend's adventure took us up on to my favourite feature of the Hobart skyline, Mount Wellington. The mountain is covered in hiking trails, and we did a loop which included three trails and covered about 8km.
Foodie adventures at the Taste of the Huon
This weekend's adventure took us to the Taste of the Huon festival. The festival is focused on food, wine, entertainment, arts and crafts from the Huon Valley, D’entrecasteaux Channel and Bruny Island regions of Tasmania (which all lie just south of Hobart).
A weekend at Woolmers
Recently we spent a weekend at the historic Woolmers Estate in Longford, staying in one of the converted workers' cottages.
Adventures with Penny Farthings
This weekend's adventures found us in the beautiful village of Evandale at the National Penny Farthing Championships.
Oatlands adventures
Last weekend started with a lovely, rainy, Tasmanian summer's day - perfect weather for exploring. So we pulled out our map, picked a destination, worked out our route, and set off off adventuring.
Messing about with boats
This weekend was a lovely long weekend with perfect weather, just what you want as a visitor to the Australian Wooden Boat Festival.
Exploring the Waterworks Reserve
This weekend's adventure took us to South Hobart's Waterworks Reserve. The Reserve is at the base of Mount Wellington and features the two main reservoirs of the Hobart Mountain Water Supply System set in beautiful bushland surrounds.
Exploring Cape Raoul
This weekend's adventure took us to Cape Raoul in the Tasman National Park. There we set off on a 14km return hike, which is considered one of the most spectacular clifftop walks in Australia.
Pumphouse Point Adventures No. 2
Luckily the wild weather wasn't constant during our stay at the newly opened Pumphouse Point, and we had the chance to explore a little bit of Lake St Clair.
Pumphouse Point Adventures No. 1
Our resolution to explore continued in style this weekend with a stay at the newly opened Pumphouse Point in Lake St Clair.
Welcome to Tasmania
This is a return to Tasmania for us, so this year will be a year of discovery and rediscovery, which will tie in nicely with my resolutions for 2015 - to create and to explore. So let's kick the exploration off with a trip to the Pinnacle of Mt Wellington.
