Poatina (derived from an indigenous word for "cave")[2] is a town in Tasmania, Australia 60 km south of Launceston.
[4] Hydro Tasmania sold the village in 1995 to Fusion Australia, an Australian Christian not-for-profit youth and community organisation.
[7] As of 2014, the Poatina Chalet was part of a resort area owned by Fusion Australia.
[3] 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,[3] and an artists' community.
[8] As of 2020, Poatina had "streets...lined with 1950s houses," "a general store, a petrol pump and even a phone box".