(c)hobartdaily.com - Butlers Gorge in the central highlands of tasmania

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.