Today we visited Black Mountain Tower. Black Mountain Tower, officially Telstra Tower and formerly Telecom Tower, is a telecommunications tower and lookout that is situated above the summit of the 812m high Black Mountain to the west of Canberra's City Centre. Rising 195.2 metres above the mountain summit, it is not only a landmark in Canberra but also offers panoramic views of the city and its surrounding countryside from an indoor observation deck and two outdoor viewing platforms. It once had a rotating restaurant. We tried to book in for a dinner only to find it had closed three years ago.
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| 160316 Telstra Tower on Black Mountain from the Federal Highway about 15km away |
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| 160316 Telstra Tower up close |
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| 160316 Model of the Telstra Tower in the Tower foyer |
The following photos were all taken from the internal observation platform. It was enclosed with glass so the pictures are not as crisp as they might be. It was a bit too windy to photograph from the open platform.
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| 160316 Australian Institute of Sport |
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| 160316 Australian National University |
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| 160316 Yarralumla House (Government House) |
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| 160316 Australian War Memorial |
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| 160316 Canberra City Centre |
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| 160316 Gungahlin a northern suburb |
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| 160316 Portion of Lake Burley Griffin |
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| 160316 Lake Ginninderra and Belconnen |
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| 160316 Looking across Lake Burley Griffin - portion of Canberra City Centre on LHS |
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| 160316 Mt Ainslie on the RHS |
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| 160316 Mt Painter with the Brindebellas in the background |
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| 160316 Mt Stromlo overlooking the National Arboretum |
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| 160316 Old and new Parliament Houses |
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| 160316 Royal Australian Mint near centre of picture |
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| 160316 The National Carillon on Aspen Island in Lake Burley Griffin |
Later in the day we visited Yaralumla House or Government House, the home of the Governor General. He apologised for not being able to see us at short notice.
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| 160316 Government House with proximity to Telstra Tower evident |
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| 160316 Government House with large oak on RHS believed to have been planted around 1840 |
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| 160316 Government House with lawn |
We also revisited the National Arboretum to establish the name of the sculpture on the hilltop in the Arboretum (refer the photographs below). We need also to correct a previous post in which we asserted this sculpture was on the top of Mt Ainslie. The correction is now made.
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| 160316 "Nest 111" 2007" by Richard Moffett in the National Arboretum |
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| 160316 Plaque accompanying "Nest 111" |
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