HUNTERS HILL

	Grid Reference	EV 484920
	Department	DEPI / Telecom
	Work Depot	Tallangatta
	Region	North East
	Grading	Primary
	Elevation (ASL)	981m
	Height	50m (tower) 23m (cabin)
	Construction	Steel
	Cabin size	?
	Public access to site	Yes
	In use since	1963 - 1968 (original) 1968 (current)
	CFA Region	24 - North Eastern

Photo (2012) suplied by Andre Belterman

Information found in data supplied by David Bannear
Storms in mid-July 1964 disintegrated the hut below the tower. The hut was used to house radio repeater equipment and to serve as a shelter for the towerman during electrical storms.
The 18m steel tower was dismantled in 1968 and replaced by a 50m radio/telephone tower and fire watch cabin (at 23m). The old tower was to be re-erected at Black Mountain that year but budget shortfall had this plan shelved for a year.

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Cabin close-up (2012)
supplied by Andre Belterman

This tower is no longer used fro fire spotting.

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