| Type: | town |
| Poatina | |
| State: | Tas |
| Lga: | Northern Midlands |
| Postcode: | 7302 |
| Pop: | 96 |
| Elevation: | 299 |
| Stategov: | Western Tiers, Lyons |
| Fedgov: | Lyons |
| Dist1: | 60 |
| Location1: | Launceston |
| Dist2: | 25 |
| Location2: | Cressy |
| Near-Nw: | Blackwood Creek |
| Near-N: | Cressy |
| Near-Ne: | Cressy |
| Near-W: | Blackwood Creek |
| Near-E: | Cressy |
| Near-Sw: | Cressy |
| Near-S: | Cressy |
| Near-Se: | Cressy |
Poatina (derived from an indigenous word for "cave")[1] is a town in Tasmania, Australia 60 km south of Launceston. The Western Tiers mountain range surrounds Poatina.[2]
Poatina Village was constructed in the 1960s to house the work force of the Poatina Power Station,[2] which was commissioned in 1964.[3] Hydro Tasmania sold the village in 1995 to Fusion Australia, an Australian Christian not-for-profit youth and community organisation.[4] [5] In 2010, Poatina was described as "a tightly knit Christian community".[6]
As of 2014, the Poatina Chalet was part of a resort area owned by Fusion Australia.[2] At that time, Poatina was home to a Golden Chain Motel, Mountain View Restaurant, a metal fabrication workshop, a hot glass studio, a golf course, a private school,[2] and an artists' community.[7] As of 2020, Poatina had "streets...lined with 1950s houses," "a general store, a petrol pump and even a phone box".[5]
The 2016 census reported that Poatina had a population of 96.