THE PINNACLES

	Lat / Long GDA	-37.459364, 147.056946
	Department	FCV...etc...DEECA
	Work Depot	Heyfield?
	Region	Gippsland
	Grading	Primary
	Elevation (ASL)	1500m
	Height	On Ground
	Construction	First and second: Timber Third: Steel
	Cabin size	Second:3.5m x 3.5m with 1.5m verandah Third: ?
	Public access to site	Yes
	In use since	19?? - 1987 1987 - 2006 2008 - current
	CFA Region Lat / Long GDA	10 - Eastern

Photo supplied by Dale Simpson (Mt. Matlock), photo was taken in 1988

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First photo (supplied by Dick Noble) shows the demolition of the original cabin in 1987. 2nd and 3rd Photos supplied by Peter Maxfield (in photo).
Fourth photo was taken in Feb. 2004 and supplied by Jude Groeneveld
The second cabin was erected in 1987.
This cabin was burnt over by the fires in December 2006. The lookout cabin was destroyed but the living quarters, only moved there before the start of the season, was spared because it was 100% corrugated iron. Some of the PVC piping melted though.
Above information was supplied by Dick Noble. Dick has served on Mt. Skene, Mt. Useful and on Mt. Moornapa

The 4 photos above were supplied by Frank Norden of the Wellington Shire and are used with permission
The first photo shows the site after the burn-over (taken on 24-12-2006). The second photo shows the helicopter that was used to fly in the materials and the last 2 photos show the new tower in March 2008.

The Pinnacles tower was again in the path of a fire in January 2026. The above screenshots were taken from the VicEmergency-Gippsland FaceBook page.
The full FB post can be found here. The aerial footage starts about 57 seconds in.
We're waiting for official notification about the real damage it has caused. If you can add any more information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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