Parting shot: Tungatinah

July 8, 2026
2 months

photographer GARRY SIMS

writer CHRIS CHAMPION

Tungatinah Power Station, build between 1953 and 1956 on the Upper River Derwent catchment in the Central Highlands of Tasmania, was the second power station built under Tasmania’s hydro-electric scheme. The pipes have two functions. The first is to provide water to turbines to generate electricity. The second is to excite photographers like Garry Sims.

 

Garry Sims

Garry Sims APM lives in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains and travels frequently to Tasmania, where he visits and photographs Hobart, Bruny Island and the west coast..

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