Basslink will also allow Tasmania to grow a new industry for Tasmania - our wind resource. The Woolnorth Wind Farm project will be vital to Australia's capacity to meet the mandated renewable energy targets set by the Commonwealth Government to combat national greenhouse emissions. The full potential of this valuable wind resource can only be realised by the construction of Basslink. Meanwhile, the Duke Energy pipeline will stimulate a range of new investments that rely on natural gas - investments that otherwise would not have been made in Tasmania. Mr Lennon said to deliver this supply, Tasmania also needed a reliable energy supply system that had the capacity to deliver the energy where it was needed - both to domestic households and to business customers.
Energy infrastructure is vital to Tasmania's well being - now and into the future.
We had a whole lot of winter crammed into a few days. It must be several years since we had snow fall on our block but for a couple of days we had quite a few snow showers - although it didn't settle. We also had one decent frost with minus three degrees one night. Oddly enough I had already cut down the tree dahlias as they had been effected by the earlier, milder frosts we have had. We have also had a good deal of rain over these last couple of weeks with over 100mm already.