You lot tend to dig old photos of Canberra, and so do we.
Here’s some great shots that Rioter john sent us:
Herewith attached – rescanned 110 size negatives – hence the colour issues.
2 shots at the top of black mountain with the tower under construction – note the “safety” railing around the platforms.
1 shot taken from the black mountain lookout facing east over the National Botanic Gardens towards Russell – note the lack of buildings on london circuit.
2 shots of black mountain from a distance showing the old steel lattice towers in place, one from outside the National Library and the other from Black mountain peninsula – check out the lack of parkes way/glenloch
![Telecom was a better name.](http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6EYlu2Vvp6c/UncZBRuU_bI/AAAAAAAAJ_w/5rJe2gMxqiM/s600/telstratower22.jpg)
![Don't tell them I said that.](http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-voQSeqT9cao/UncZCNhJXfI/AAAAAAAAJ_0/vRdDXjERsz8/s600/telstratower1.jpg)
![They'll get upset.](http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g5u5HQQOzbA/UncZAp0XdeI/AAAAAAAAJ_o/slx11PHgUew/s600/blackmountlookout3.jpg)
![They worked so hard on their new image.](http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-RuCjUiDKaI0/UncY_yvvSNI/AAAAAAAAJ_g/DXwaCch-JlM/s600/telstratower34.jpg)
![You've got to encourage behaviour like that.](http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7xoEkxRKcSA/UncY-v5sXnI/AAAAAAAAJ_U/-aKKnZcT0TE/s600/telstratower45.jpg)