CLEAR SPOT
 |
| Lat / Long GDA |
-36.758386, 146.935344 |
Department |
FCV...etc...DEECA |
Work Depot |
Bright |
Region |
North East |
Grading |
? |
Elevation (ASL) |
995m |
Height |
? |
Construction |
? |
Cabin size |
? |
Public access to site |
? |
In use since |
1927- 1960
1960 - ???? |
CFA Region |
24 - North Eastern |
Photo is taken from the 2023 article, see below.
In the Annual Report of the Forest Commission of 1927 - 1928 is the following entry:
"This tower was established during the year. It commands the whole of the Ovens Valley Plantation areas and forest areas lying behind
Bright, Freeburgh, Harrietville and the Buffalo River Valley".
The tower also gets a mentioning in a FCV pre-season report in 1942:
"Firelookout - Situated at Clearspot and connected by telephone to Quaters"
In July 2023, Peter McHugh wrote an article about Les Ortlipp for the Victoria’s Forests & Bushfire Heritage website. Les used to be the FLO on Clear Spot in the 1950s.
An extract of the article can be found here. There is a link to the full article at the top of the extract.
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