MT. LONARCH

	Lat / Long GDA	-37.258089, 143.338966
	Department	FCV...etc...DEECA
	Work Depot	Beaufort
	Region	South West
	Grading	Primary
	Elevation (ASL)	790m
	Height	18m
	Construction	Steel
	Cabin size	1.8m x 1.8m
	Public access to site	Yes
	In use since	1978
	CFA Region	16 - South Western

Inside the cabin (1989) supplied by David Turner DSE

A wooden tower was built on this site in 1950
Ben Nevis (12.5km west) used to be the primary tower & Mt. Lonarch the secondary one.
Now it is reversed. Unknown when the switch was made.
Information supplied by Philip Oliver

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Cabin in 1989
supplied by David Turner DSE October 2008
supplied by Nathan Jolly May 2013 supplied by
Andre Belterman May 2013 supplied by
Andre Belterman

The Courier newspaper ran an article in July 2009 re concerns about the lack of manning the tower. A transcript of the article can be found here.

Mt. Lonarch had it's cabin replaced in 2013

The above photos show the new cabin on the tower. Photos (Aug 2014) supplied by Andrew Dixon.

Mt. Lonarch was visited during the end-of-fire-season-FLO-get-together in May 2021. First 2 photos above were taken and supplied by Andre Belterman.
The close-up photos of the cabin are stills, taken from drone footage by Richard Donaldson.

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Cabin in 1989 supplied by David Turner DSE	October 2008 supplied by Nathan Jolly	May 2013 supplied by Andre Belterman	May 2013 supplied by Andre Belterman