Thankyou for sharing, great video. I remember it was called the Tullah 500 when the workers would leave tullah for days off. Great time for Tasmania. Such a shame we cant do this these days instead of wind and solar
Hi My Name Is Peter Burk I Had the Great Pleasure to Have Been involved with Mainly the Excavation of the Tunnels on these Schemes This Brings Back some Very Good Memories Was Great Works and Greater Work force Made Many Friends And Yes i was part of the Tullah 500
Good vid. Failed to mention the wife-swapping culture that arose around the King - Anthony period though, this was a big thing back in the day. Fence-jumping has long been a West Coast thing but it reached it's height during that last gasp of the hydro.
Hydro power is and always will be the ultimate renewable energy. I think it’s really sad that since 1994 the focus has become wind farming which kills native birds in such an inhumane way and the power generated is stored using batteries which take a lot more mining and energy to produce. Hydro may impact the environment whilst building the dams and power station but then the land is given back to nature so that people co exist with and have opportunities to enjoy the environment. Flora and fauna have sanctuaries to thrive in. Wind farms will never achieve the same balance and always look ugly. The Hydro will still be there for many years to come but the wind turbines require more frequent replacement. If the hydro stuck to what they are so good at, the technology for new Hydro schemes would be so much better for the environment by now than what they were 20 years ago but sadly now we are going backwards. It’s very sad.
Thankyou for sharing, great video.
I remember it was called the Tullah 500 when the workers would leave tullah for days off.
Great time for Tasmania.
Such a shame we cant do this these days instead of wind and solar
Great Video, I worked 12 months at the Reece Dam and 4 years at Anthony scheme , HEC sure did look after you there, Gained lots of experince
Hi My Name Is Peter Burk
I Had the Great Pleasure to Have Been involved with Mainly the Excavation of the Tunnels on these Schemes
This Brings Back some Very Good Memories
Was Great Works and Greater Work force
Made Many Friends
And Yes i was part of the Tullah 500
My grandfather designed the steel for Snowy Hydro. He would have his mind blown by todays technologies. He lived at Launceston.
Great history about the Hydro electric commission. Most of my family worked there over the years.
great people, great town , back then anyway .
Loved my time with the Hydro, the Franklin Dam and the Anthony Scheme. Long live the Hydro.
Good vid. Failed to mention the wife-swapping culture that arose around the King - Anthony period though, this was a big thing back in the day. Fence-jumping has long been a West Coast thing but it reached it's height during that last gasp of the hydro.
Dam good video!
Amazing achievements but I am proud to have been arrested stopping the Franklin Dam
out of here greens
Sadly it ended the production of power.
Now we have more devestation to Australia through wind and solar
Hydro power is and always will be the ultimate renewable energy. I think it’s really sad that since 1994 the focus has become wind farming which kills native birds in such an inhumane way and the power generated is stored using batteries which take a lot more mining and energy to produce. Hydro may impact the environment whilst building the dams and power station but then the land is given back to nature so that people co exist with and have opportunities to enjoy the environment. Flora and fauna have sanctuaries to thrive in. Wind farms will never achieve the same balance and always look ugly. The Hydro will still be there for many years to come but the wind turbines require more frequent replacement. If the hydro stuck to what they are so good at, the technology for new Hydro schemes would be so much better for the environment by now than what they were 20 years ago but sadly now we are going backwards. It’s very sad.
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apparentley New Is a goal in it self.
Now i know Pam was known as the Queen bee, Her hobby was Known as Caveman