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This is the Tumut 3 hydro-electric power station as seen from a distance.
As I mentioned in my previous post, these pipes are large enough to fit a double-decker bus inside.

Unfortuately, the tours of the Tumut 3 Power Station are now closed. This is due to the commencement of the largest upgrade and refurbishment project of the Tumut 3 Power Station since its completion in 1974.

For more information about Tumut 3 and the other power-stations that are a part of The Snowy Mountains Scheme, click on the following link:
http://www.snowyhydro.com.au/LevelThree.asp?pageID=39

I've posted a pic of myself with the head gear that we had to wear, in the workshop.
It was quite funny - inside Tumut 3 there was a sealed room which contained very high voltages. My mum was standing right near the window looking inside the room, until the tour guide said that if we were to go inside that room we would instantly be zapped and killed as if we were flies. The speed at which my mum jumped away from that window was amazing! Everyone laughed :)