HOLEY HILL - LONGFORD

	Lat / Long GDA at Holey Hill	-38.231831, 146.939739 (GDA)
	Department	HVP
	Work Depot	?
	Region	Gippsland
	Grading	?
	Elevation (ASL)	218m
	Height	12?m
	Construction	Steel
	Cabin size	?
	Public access to site	Yes
	In use since	Longford (original) - 19??-19?? at Holey Hill - 1984-2019
	CFA Region	10 - South East

Photo (2008) supplied by the late Ray Lucas (Mt. Useful).
This was a HVP (Hancock) tower

In a September 1981 FCV letter, it reads: "APM Forests is proposing to move the Longford to Holey Hill, which would provide a coverage of the Holey Plains State Park and the Stradbroke and Willung area".
Since the move, the tower has been known as Holey Hill as well as Longford.

Please click on thumbnails for enlargements

Photo taken and supplied by Peter McHugh in Sept 2020.
The cabin photo is zoomed in from the first photo, showing the
burnt timber on the cat-walk from the 2019 fires.

We learned in April 2024 that the Holey Hill - Longford tower has been completely removed, foundations and all. The tower was impacted in the 2019 fires and hasn't been manned since those fires.
If you can add any more information as in when and why, please do not hesitate to contact us.

David Drane (ex Flymm FLO) posted a YouTube video on Facebook of his visit to this tower in August 2022. Video can be found here.

David also posted some drone photos on a closed FB group of the same visit in 2022

These 2 photos were in the same FB post, taken from an aircraft. Source is unknown.
If you can add any more information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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