Poatina is located 163 km north of Hobart and
60 km from Launceston via the Bass Highway
and Poatina Road.
Poatina has its own General Store, Post Office,
Service Station, 9-hole/18 tee Golf Course, a
Teahouse and The View Café and Restaurant.

Poatina is now the home of the amazing new
Althea Mountain Retreat Arts Center and Hot
Glass Studio and is the ideal place for a family
holiday or a short stopover.

Its local government area is the Northern
Midlands Council. At the 2006 Census, Poatina
had a population of 166.

The Poatina Power Station opened in 1964 and
Poatina Village was constructed nearby to
house the work force from the time that work
started in 1958. Hydro Tasmania sold the village
in 1995 to Fusion Australia, an Australian
Christian Youth and Community organisation
that works with young people and their
communities throughout Australia.