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Originally Posted by LewisM
We aren't averse to building a tall tower with gyro stabilisation 
No, seriously... |
Oh I believe you!
During our long 4 year property search journey, that eventually lead us to Eagleview, my wife mentioned numerous times that if it were just up to her, she would preferred a view of the sea, ie meaning she would prefer to live on the coast
Ok so, on that note, we ended up about 80km from the coast and nearly 1.5km above it, didn't we?...sorry darling
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Our vantage point high in the Tinderry range means our southern outlook from Eagleview affords us clear unobstructed views out to well over 80km, down the southern Tinderry ranges and Strike-a-light Nature reserve below us and across the vast Monaro plain to Cooma (56km) and beyond, indeed the lights of the small town of Nimmitabel, some 84km away, would be visible if a low rise hill, called Summer Hill, wasn't just our side of the town. Looking to our east however, towards the NSW south coast, is a different story, where unfortunately this outlook is obstructed by intervening mountains and hills, namely a handful of peaks, in the 1200m-1400m range, 15-20km away in the Tallagandra National park to our east, without whom, Angie could have had her sea views, stretching from Batemans Bay down through to Moruya!!...all be they about 80km away
So, I got to thinking what if I was to raise up the observatory, would the view to the east improve..? and using a cool bit of software called PeakVisor, that allows you to simulate your horizon at any point or elevation on the earths surface and in any direction, it turns out that if I was to raise the observatory, ala Joshua Bunn style (ie up on a tower), approx 350m higher (putting the observatory at a lofty 1800m AMSL)...well..ta daaa!! we could see over those peaks in Tallagandra and Angie would be able to see the sea!
I did put it to her and said we probably wouldn't have to tell council, it wouldn't be tooo expensive and no one would notice such a structure
...but she wasn't convinced....
Mike