MT. BARAMBOGIE

	Lat / Long GDA	-36.237367, 146.573813
	Department	FCV...etc...DEECA
	Work Depot	Ovens
	Region	North East
	Grading	Primary
	Elevation (ASL)	500m
	Height	20m
	Construction	Steel
	Cabin size	2.3m x 2.4m
	Public access to site	No
	In use since	2016 - current
	CFA Region	23 - North Eastern

Photo and info supplied by Jim Browning (ex Mt. Stanley). Jim did opeate this tower when the regular FLO (Gordon Habeck, ex Mt. Pilot) had a day off

This tower replaces the Mt. Pilot tower after that tower was condemned due to lightning protection issues. It's first day of operation was 23rd Dec 2016

Please click on thumbnails for enlargements

Photos (Dec 2016)
Supplied by Jim Browning Photo (Jan 2018) also
supplied by Jim Browning

DEECA Hume posted a time-laps video of the construction of the tower on their FaceBook page on the 22nd Dec 2016. It can be found here

A transcript of a 2017 SBS News article about the tower and it's FLO can be found here

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