PASSCHENDAELE NO. 1

	Tower Number	Passchendaele No. 1
	Department	DPIF
	Work Centre	?
	Region	South West
	Previous District	Dalby
	Elevation (ASL)	120m
	Lat / Long GDA	-28.535766, 151.833052
	Height	33.5m (cabin in 100m tower)
	Construction	Steel
	Cabin size	?
	Public access to site	Yes
	In use since	1966 -

Photos Queensland DPI Forestry and used with permission (taken in 2003)
The photo above has been enhanced to show location of cabin.

The airconditioned steel and glass cabin is located on a platform within a steel television/communication tower.
It looks over Plantation timber.

Please click on thumbnail for enlargement

Close-up of cabin

The above photos were taken and supplied by Ian Melody in August 2025. Ian also provided the following comments:
Coming back from Toowoomba I took a detour to film another episode of Lookout 4 Lookouts in the Passchendaele State Forest on the Granite Belt. This is the most southerly of all Queensland's exotic pine plantations. The original Tower was call Amiens #1 built in 1961 to a height of 7.6m. The Passchendaele Fire Lookout #1 was built in 1966 at a height of 36.5m. The observation deck and cabin is inside the Broardcast Tower structure which is close to 100m. It is on a hill, 1021m above sea level. Many names around the area is named after places in France and Belgiun from battles in WWI such as Amiens and Passchendaele.

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