MT. PIPER LOOKOUT


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Lat / Long GDA -37.205423, 145.004753 Approx.
Department FCV...etc...DEECA
Work Depot Broadford
Region North East
Grading ?
Elevation (ASL) 415m
Height Cabin on ground
Construction ?
Cabin size ?
Public access to site Yes
In use since 19?? - 19??
CFA Region 12 - North Eastern


This was a lookout station only, mentioned in Forest Commission correspondence dated 11-12-1942. It states: "It is proposed to permanently man this station during the summer except during very safe weather. The phone line and instrument shed is already constructed + all that is required to complete the telephone service for direct contact with the Forest quarters + office is a switch at the latter & a telephone instrument at Mt. Piper. This station will then afford direct & continious communication."

Phil Searle (FLO at Mt Hickey) reported in Dec 2019: "Also there was a tower on top of Mt Piper, just West of Broadford that was still in use in the early 60's. I don't know if there is any signs of it now".

Mark Webster posted a poem on the Victoria's Forests & Bushfire Heritage FaceBook page in February 2025. We have no idea who wrote it, when or where. We also don't know which newspaper it was published in and when it was published. Please contact us if you have details, thanks. Screenshots of the FB post can be found here.

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