.... and The Antipodes sports this 157ft one (plenty of pics on the net) :

Shot Tower in Tasmania, Australia (i.e. Van Dieman's Land)

Situated on the Channel Highway is one of the State's most historic buildings, the Shot Tower. The Shot Tower is a 48m (157ft) tall, 10m (32ft) in diameter circular sandstone tower constructed by Joseph Moir in 1870 from locally quarried sandstone blocks. Lead shot was made by dropping molten lead through a sieve at the top of the tower and by the time it hit the water at the bottom it was cold and spherical in shape. A climb up 259 steps to the top of the tower gives a wonderful view of the Derwent Estuary.

Also, Taroona was the childhood home of Tasmanian-born Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark ...

plus : 1967 Bushfires

In February 1967, southern Tasmania was engulfed in the most vicious wildfires on record, resulting in many deaths. Taroona was the closest suburb to the city of Hobart to take the full brunt of the fires, which swept across the suburb in the mid afternoon, wreaking havoc, and destroying many homes. Children and residents fled to the river, and many people's survival was due to the refuge the safe waters provided.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taroona,_Tasmania



Cheers, R-J (lovely place for a holiday, BTW)