Strathgorden and lakes Pedder and Gorden

What a great project this is. Done in the 1970s ( before greenies were invented ) they damed lake Pedder in 3 different spots , none of them very big or high, and then put a channel from , the now much bigger lake Pedder , into lake Gorden. The Gorden dam wall is not very long but its very high and between the two lakes they form the largest fresh water storage in Australia. Before they flooded lake Gorden they cut down one of the biggest Huon pines which would’ve beenbeen submerged and it turned out to be 2200 years old. From near the Gorden dam wall there is a hydro set up that produces about one third of Tasmania’s power. The scenery around these dams is magnificent. The lakes are at about 400m above sea level but the mountains around them are up to 1100m so its very spectacular. Very windy there but we were lucky and were there for their day of summer and it was glorious, the lake was a glass off so we took to the kayaks and paddled for about 5 hours, superb but sadly no trout. It snowed 2 days later!!! but we had bailed out back down to the low country and a another national park for our next adventure.Read more