Poatina (Palawa indigenous people's word for "cave") is a town in Tasmania, Australia, 60 km south west of Launceston's . Its local government area is the Northern Midlands Council. At the 2006 Census, Poatina had a population of 166. Poatina Village was constructed to house the work force for Poatina Power Station. The work started in 1958 and the station was commissioned in 1964. Hydro Tasmania sold the village in 1995 to Fusion Australia, an Australian Christian Youth and Community organisation that works with young people and their communities throughout Australia.