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Looking after our existing power stations is the biggest part of Hydro Tasmania’s annual workload and budget. There are rolling schedules of maintenance and outages planned years in advance, which often take more than a year to complete. But even though we’ve been doing this for decades, there are sometimes still a few surprises in store.

This is an amazing story of survival in the complex universe that exists in the fresh waterways we manage. It’s not to be confused with the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy which is a completely different story in a much larger universe. The two are similar only in that they contain important lessons about life, the universe and everything, so make yourself a solid cup of tea and don’t forget your towel.

Hydro Tasmania today (Friday) published its 2024-25 Annual Report, outlining significant benefits to the State and prudent water management in the face of extended drought conditions.

Angling is very popular in Tasmania, with about 25,000 people licenced to fish our inland waters in 2016/17.

Hydro Tasmania will undertake work in early 2016 to replace three large dewatering valves built into Trevallyn Dam.

Hydro Tasmania has advised of changed access for recreation at some of the waterways it manages across the state.

Lake Mackenzie Tasmania

Aboriginal heritage Lake Mackenzie

Tasmanian Aboriginal heritage management

Lake Mackenzie cultural heritage

Aboriginal heritage conservation Tasmania

Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area heritage

Kayakers can look forward to a bumper weekend in Launceston, with a special water release down the Cataract Gorge timed to coincide with Festivale.