Gordon Dam Abseil
A big old dam wall in the middle of nowhere at the bottom of the world.
Gordon dam abseil. Abseils are run by aardvark adventures who are an amazing local company specializing in adventure tourism with over 30 years experience in the adventure industry. Today its the site of one of the worlds highest commercial abseiling adventures. Construction of this feat of engineering was completed in 1974 as part of the hydro electric commissions gordon river power development.
Abseiling the gordon dam has been included in the top 10 adrenaline activities in the world today. Tunnel to the gordon dam power station tourism tasmania graham freeman the dam wall serves as the site of the worlds highest abseil run by hobart based tour operator aardvark adventures. The setting of the gordon dam abseil is surreal itself.
The gordon dam is usually seen as a source of electricity however phil harris sees it as a source of excitement. The dam wall contains over 154000 cubic metres of concrete. The dam is located near strathgordon in the heart of tasmanias magnificent south west wilderness.
Aardvark adventures have three abseil points at the top of the dam. Standing 140 metres high the gordon dam is the worlds highest commercial abseil. Gordon dam holds back 30 times the amount of water in the harbour itself.