Black Mountain Tower

The Black Mountain Tower (also known as the Telstra Tower) is a television tower at the top of the Black Mountain in the Australian capital Canberra. The tower was completed in 1980 and measure in total 195.2 meters. It is a tourist attraction and we can look over the capital from different floors.

History

In 1970 showed the Postmaster-General 's Department (PMI) the Department of Housing and Construction a study of the possibility of a tv tower on the Black Mountain with also facilities for visitors. It had to be one of the television stations on the Red Hill and an already existing hygiene standards on the Black Mountain replaced. When Parliament approved in 1972 the construction, there was resistance from the people of Canberra.

It was concerned about the nature and the appearance of the city and protested against the construction of the tower. The protest was not a success and the construction went by. On May 15, 1980 the tower was under the name of Telecom Tower opened by former prime minister Malcolm Fraser.

Location

The Black Mountain Tower is located at the top of the 812 m high Black Mountain in the west of the district of Acton in Canberra and is accessible via the Black Mountain Drive. The road and the immediate surroundings of the tower will be limited by the Canberra Nature Park, more exactly the Black Mountain Nature Reserve.