WONGI NO. 10
| Tower Number |
Maryborough No. 10 |
| Department |
DPIF |
| Work Centre |
? |
| Region |
South East Exotic |
| Previous District |
Maryborough |
| Elevation (ASL) |
104m |
| Lat / Long GDA |
-25.436268, 152.567914 |
| Height |
36m |
| Construction |
Timber (3 legs) |
| Cabin size |
? |
| Public access to site |
Yes |
| In use since |
1976 - 2021?
|
Photo (2015) supplied by Tobias Caldicott
This tower is no longer operational, it now has a camera and is looking over Plantation timber.
Please click on thumbnails for enlargements
All 7 photos above were taken by Graeme Wilson and supplied in Nov 2019. The first 2 photos were taken with a drone in June 2019 and they others in Nov. 2019.
The above photos were taken and supplied in mid April 2026 by Ian Melody. Ian is a fire tower enthusiast and he has a YouTube channel which features various towers. It can be found here.
Ian also reported: "Decommissioned but active as infrastructure for communications & electronic surveillance. 'Wongi', in the indigenous language, means 'deep water'.
Wongi tower now has a camera to scan the horizon. For a YouTube clip of the tower from the company that runs the cameras, please click here.
For a screenshot from the clip, showing a close-up from the cabin, please click here
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