Day 28 - Around Tarraleah

The day dawned overcast with a temperature of 6 degrees.  Our view from the caravan includes wet green grass, red-hot pokers, poplars showing their autumn colours and some Scottish Highland cattle. Fortunately the sun came out later in the day, which enabled us to see Tarraleah and its surrounds in a better light.

Tarraleah is a beautifully maintained small town with obvious linkages to the development and production of hydro electricity in Tasmania.  Its houses are quaint and are painted in pastel shades. The main street is lined with deciduous trees, which are showing their autumn colours and the fountain in the town park added a touch of class. The residences are the property of the Highland Hotel and now have no connection with the Hydro Electricity Commission.

240315 Typical houses in Tarraleah.  Pastel colours are a feature 

240315 The main street of Tarraleah

240315 The fountain in the centre of Tarraleah 

Unusual residents are a herd of Scottish Highland cattle, which seem quite at home in the cold wet climate, which undoubtedly prevails here.

 

240315 Scottish Highland bulls at Tarraleah

240315 A Scottish Highland cow

240315 A Scottish Highland calf

Tarraleah is surrounded by huge pipes, which carry water from the myriad of nearby lakes and drop them down the escarpment into two powers stations, the Tarraleah and Tungatinah Power Stations.  The water when exhausted of its energy flows into the Nive River.

240315 Pipes approaching the drop to Tarraleah Power Station

240315 Tarraleah Power Station from the Tarraleah Lookout

240315 Some statistics on the Tarraleah Power Station 

240315 Tungatinah Power Station and its associated sub-station

240315 The bridge over the Nive River

240315 The Nive River 

240315 The Tungatinah Power Station on the Nive River

240315 Pipes before they plunge down to the Tarraleah Power Station                

 

240315 High voltage transmission lines leaving the powerstation
from Tarraleah Lookout