Susan hard at work in the Canberra Glassworks, busy making her custom paperweight.
- Aperture: ƒ/3.8
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 13.7mm
- ISO: 400
Susan hard at work in the Canberra Glassworks, busy making her custom paperweight.
The view of central Canberra from the Black Mountain Tower. Springbank Island is in the West Lake of Lake Burley Griffin, the National Museum of Australia on the Acton Peninsula. Behind the peninsula is the Commonwealth Memorial Bridge, complete with two 2-tonne stone from Rennie’s Waterloo Bridge in London in the North and South abutments.
Canberra’s Parliament House from the Red Hill Lookout.
The outside observation decks at 66m might sound tame. But when you consider that Black Mountain is already 256m above Lake Burley Griffin [^], then the decks come in at a respectable 322m. That compares favourably to the 250m observation deck in the Sydney Tower, and the 192m main observation deck at the Auckland Sky Tower [^].
The Canberra’s Black Mountain Tower reaches up 195 metres above it’s forest-setting. The observation decks and rotating restaurant provide 360º views of the National Capital and surrounding countryside.
Canberra’s Black Mountain Tower up-close and personal. The tower is part of Australia’s communications network providing part of the trunk link between Melbourne and Sydney. The tower also provides a base for TV, radio and mobile phone antennas serving the nation’s capital.
We had intended eating in the rotating restaurant and seeing the Canberra’s lights come on. However being a Saturday, the restaurant was hosting a wedding reception and was closed to the public – timing is everything!
Canberra’s Black Mountain Tower from the National Carillon, looking across Lake Burley Griffin. The weather had changed from the previous day’s glorious sunshine, to a rather overcast sky with the threat of rain.
The November afternoon sun creates a shadow of Canberra’s Black Mountain Tower [^] on the surrounding national park. Taken from one of the open air observation decks.