Belair Communications tower

Australia is known to have some of the worst Bush Fires / Wild Fires in the world! Due to our extreme weather conditions it is not uncommon for us to have Wild Fires every fire season, started by a wide variety of causes.

They can be attributed to natural causes such as lightning strikes and accidental causes such as sparks from machinery, power lines, vehicle crashes, and escapes from burning off etc.

Unfortunately, a large number of bush fires are also deliberately lit. Where we live at Belair, we are right in the middle of a very high risk bush fire area.

The South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) has a complex radio network that consists of the SAGRN, VHF and HF radios. This tower at Belair on the edge of Adelaide is vital in their operations. As you can see from the blip, it is also used for mobile phones, emergency services and various other radio transmissions.

Take a look up through the centre of the tower in LARGE!