LAKE MOUNTAIN

	Lat / Long GDA	-37.503827, 145.880490 approx.
	Department	FCV...etc...DEECA
	Work Depot	Marysville
	Region	North East
	Grading	?
	Elevation (ASL)	1433m
	Height	?
	Construction	Timber
	Cabin size	?
	Public access to site	Yes
	In use since	1940? - 19??
	CFA Region	12 - North Eastern

Photo (Dec1956) supplied by the Melbourne Walking Club (Robin Bailey)

This Tower no longer exists

Not much is known about this tower but we found a reference to the building of the tower in a Tribute to Thomas Henry Sault OAM 26-07-1922-10-09-2008 in The Victorian Naturalist Vol. 126 (3) 2009. pages 112-113
"He worked for the Forest Commission at about age 17, helping to build a fire lookout of Mountain, Ash and Alpine Ash on Lake Mountain. He said: 'It was the coldest job I ever had. I suffered from chilblains and could hear the dingoes howling all night'.

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Lake Mountain tower shown on a few old maps

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