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Lake Margaret lower station weir spilling

Looking to the Powerhouse from the village hall.

Lake Margaret Hydro Power

Cultural and Theme Tours

Sightseeing Tours

Part of: RoamWild Tasmania

2 min guests

12 max guests

Contact and Booking Channels

Queenstown, Tasmania

Start location: 11 McNamara Street, The Paragon Theatre, Queenstown, Tasmania, 7467, Australia
Phone: 04 0704 9612 , 04 2842 9962
Email: info@queenstowntasmania.com.au
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Rates

$55.00 – $85.00 – $55.00

$55.00 – $85.00 Adult
$55.00 Child

Booking Channels

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Enjoy the space at the Paragon Theatre with some other local points of interest before one of RoamWild Tasmania’s guides take you to visit the 1914 commissioned hydropower station and still standing abandoned village.

Tour the village and enjoy an interpretive visit to the village hall. Take in the video presentation of the wonderful lifestyle people enjoyed here while your guide prepares a morning or afternoon refreshment. Enter the still authentically working power station and touch the wooden pipelines that still deliver water to the turbines.

Call into the mine site to view the receiving station (The Sub), the original railway sheds and workshops of the Mt Lyell ABT railway with other points of interest on the return journey.

Note: The Lake Margaret hydropower scheme is in full operation, is a working industrial site and is one of Hydro Tasmania’s generating assets.

Itinerary highlights

Lake Margaret Hydropower village and powerhouse.

Tour through Queenstown and on to the Lake Margaret power station and village.

Enjoy a tea break in the village hall while taking in the interpretive displays and the video presentation.

Visit the ghostly village, enter the still proudly roaring powerhouse, the weir and wood stave pipe.

Mt Lyell & Queenstown Tasmania

Tour the remnant smelter works, the original railway yard and the massive slag heap. Stop to view the persistent legacy of the Mt Lyell mines pollution leaving the mine site and the infamous gravel football ground plus many more interesting Queenstown points of interest.

Tour details

Cultural and Theme Tours
Sightseeing Tours
Half Day or Less
Land – Motorised
Small Group Tour
Basic

On demand

Features

Service facilities

Carpark
Family Friendly
Non Smoking
Public Toilet

Sevice Activity

Four Wheel Driving
Mountain Biking
Walks

Accessibility

Actively welcomes people with access needs.

General access

Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
Staff are trained in disability awareness.
Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)

Communication

Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.

Vision

Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
Information in audio format (includes an audio described map of their venue, audio descs of performances and/ or displays) is available.
Uses easy to read fonts in their signage and communication materials (Helvetica and Arial).
Handrails on all stairways

Hearing

Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
Staff are trained in communicating with people who are deaf or have hearing loss.

Physical – Mobility

Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
Grab rails in the bathroom
Seating in common areas including reception area

Allergies and intolerances

Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
Modify their cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc).
Staff are trained to respond to allergic reactions.
Complies with The Food Authority requirements for allergy management in food preparation.

Operation information

RoamWild Tasmania

RoamWild Tasmania based in Queenstown offers great exclusive guided experiences.

Mt Owen MTB Shuttles: The most epic shuttle ride in Australia. Bring your bike to ride the Mt Owen trails which are unlike any trails in the world. No bike? Come along for the ride anyway. The views are spectacular!

Mt Owen 4×4 Experience: From above the wilderness landscape, enjoy incredible views and photographic opportunities that must be experienced to believe.

The ‘Lost Mines-Ancient Pines’ adventure: Special timbers, 1880’s Gold and early 1890’s underground copper/gold/silver mines amid a wilderness of advanced age Huon pines, King Billy pines and other species. Pan and fossick for Gold, Gems and mineral samples.

Visit the 1912-1914 ‘Lake Margaret Hydropower’ scheme. Enter the powerhouse, see the original machinery still operating and the wooden pipelines delivering water to turbines. Tour the village, enjoy the video presentation and an afternoon tea break in the village hall.

4×4 into the heart of Tasmania’s Wilderness to Mt McCall in the Wild Rivers World Heritage area for the ‘No Dams’ adventure. A moving experience retracing world-changing events that saved this wilderness. An extremely remote ‘leave no trace’ adventure.

Exclusive experiences, Pure wilderness.