Senior Constable Dan Adams is the only resident of Liawenee, a town in the very centre of Tasmania, mostly known for its cold weather.

Key points: Liawenee on Tasmania's central plateau is the coldest permanently inhabited place in Australia

Liawenee on Tasmania's central plateau is the coldest permanently inhabited place in Australia In nearby Miena there are 150 residents, but Senior Constable Dan Adams is the only person to call Liawenee home

In nearby Miena there are 150 residents, but Senior Constable Dan Adams is the only person to call Liawenee home He moved to the town with his dog Koda at the end of last year, attracted by the area's remoteness

It was founded in the 1920s as a camp for hydro-electric workers. In more recent years, it has been home to a Parks and Wildlife ranger, a weather station, and an inland fisheries officer.

The weather station is now automated, and the ranger and fisheries officer are gone, leaving just Senior Constable Adams.

"Tinder's a waste of time up here," the police officer joked.

Liawenee is considered the coldest permanently inhabited place in Australia. ( Supplied: Tasmania Police )

"The weather is quite cold up here for most of the year. It's known as the coldest permanently inhabited place in Australia, and I think that's because I'm the only resident here."

It snows in summer, with maximum temperatures reaching an average of 18 degrees in the hottest months. In winter it doesn't often get above six degrees.

While Senior Constable Adams is the only person at Liawenee, in the nearby shack community of Miena there are about 150 permanent residents.

Many of the residents in town are quite glad to have a younger face in the crowd, a fact that hasn't passed Senior Constable Adams by.

"Well, I am just up here saving lives and breaking hearts," he said.

"I did have a look at the census before I moved up here and noticed that the average age was in the 60s, so I have dropped it a bit there."

Trial by fire

Senior Constable Adams moved here with his dog, Koda, at the end of last year.

"I was expecting, given the large distances et cetera, that it would take me probably six months to get around and meet the people because most of the shacks are only occupied from time to time," he said.

A rescue mission had to be put into action to save the Liawenee police officer's dog when fire threatened the isolated community. ( ABC Rural: Jess Davis )

But he said it quickly became a "trial by fire" after bushfires started on the Central Plateau in January, burning for months and threatening local communities.

Snow surrounds the Great Lake Hotel in Tasmania's Central Highlands after the heaviest snowfall in more than a decade. ( ABC News: Lauren Waldhuter )

"I think it's done wonders because everyone knows who I am now, I know who they are, particularly the full-time residents," he said.

"They'd obviously all heard about me, the bush telegraph was beating as I moved up here, but everyone's met me now."

Local publican Kaylee Hattinger said it was wonderful to have the new police officer there for the fires.

"He was here three days before the fires started, so he seems to think it's all hyper up here — but it's not," she said.

"Dan is amazing, he's so much fun and he brings another level of fun to the community."

Liawenee's only permanent resident is the police officer. ( ABC Rural: Jess Davis )

Randall Roberts was working on a shack renovation near the police station when an evacuation order was given. Senior Constable Adams was on the fire ground and Koda was locked safely behind the fence at home.

Mr Roberts said there was a six-foot fence and no gate, so he had to take an axe to the fence to get the dog out and take him to safer ground.

"Everyone was looking out for each other and making sure that everything was alright," he said.

"Dan came down the next day and took his dog and had a carton of beer for me."

Policing in a remote place

Senior Constable Adams said the remoteness of the area was what drew him there.

"The isolation and the remoteness is quite attractive because the policing is totally different to, say, the city policing that I've been used to," he said.

"There's a lot of country up here I haven't seen, so at the moment there's a lot of exploring."

During winter, the roads into Liawenee can be blocked by snow. ( ABC Rural: Jess Davis )

Constable Adams said the biggest jobs were car crashes, especially in the winter when snow and icy conditions were common.

"An average day would involve a lot of driving, basically getting out there, it's quite a large area to patrol," he said.

"So, I pull a lot of cars over, make sure they've got their licences, especially now that it's the deer season, [and] doing firearms checks on people who are up here."