A bridge over the still waters of the Carlton River

The ruined Penitentiary at Port Arthur, Tasmania

I thought i would feature an out of town photo, this one being the ruins of the Port Arthur Hospital which was ruinined in a bushfire in 1895 (I think)

Rules for Prisoners in the Seperate Prison, Port Arthur

Flood Waters under the Ross Bridge. Thanks to heavy rainfall, more than a few rivers including the Macquarie River which runs through Ross. I have posted other pictures today of flooding in Tasmania in Avoca and in Launceston.

Today’s shot is no where near Hobart but never the less i thought it worth sharing. It is of the Repulse Dam 7 km up a dirt road from Ouse in the Central Highlands and holds back Lake Repulse. The Repulse dam has one turbine and generates up to 28 MW of Electricity having been a compromise between Hydro Electricity Generation and agricultural needs. The water flowing through this dam will travel through a further two dams and eventually through Hobart and out to sea.

As well as the generation of electricity, the lake is a popular destination for venues for fishing, canoeing and water skiing.The buoys in the picture are marking the exclusion zone from the dam.

I took this shot Saturday morning when the river was still and beautiful. It is of the Bridgewater bridge that crosses the Derwent North of Hobart. The centre of the bridge was a lift span but the cables on the bridge corroded and had to be removed for safety reasons. You can read more about the bridge on the Bridgewater Bridge wikipedia page.

Last weekend i headed down to the Tasman Peninsula as there was a severe weather warning and i thought i might check out how big the waves were. After taking a tumble and the wind chill, i forgot to focus for most of the shots that i took.

This shot is looking out over what i think is Maingon Bay towards Cape Raoul

Today’s photo is of Butlers Gorge and the Canal taking water from Lake King William to the Tarraleah Power Station.

It is at least 120 kilometres and you make ask therefore why i am including it on a Hobart area photoblog. Probably the two most distinctive features of Hobart would be Mt Wellington and the Derwest River and Estuary. The derwent River flows into and out of Lake King William and the water flowing to the Tarraleah power station flows into the Nive River, which itself flows into the Derwent.

To highlight the use the water for  hydro electricity electicity, 60 percent of the water piped to Hobart homes has been through eight different dams to generate electicity before coming out the tap.