Ashgrove Hill
elev 412 m · est. 1934 · 11.4°C · W 18 km/h
The bureau's home station on the old ridge pasture above Ashgrove. Records temperature, wind and rainfall every hour by hand and by machine.
Directory
Four stations, open to visitors.
Each keeps its own logbook, and once a year the four compare pencils and argue about the Stevenson screen on the south fence.
Point Brace
elev 9 m · est. 1947 · 10.8°C · SW 26 km/h
A white timber hut on the Brace peninsula, kept by three keepers who share the fog-signalling duty and the logbook.
Vale Observatory
elev 388 m · est. 1962 · 9.9°C · NW 12 km/h
The stone observatory where the valley's weather balloon leaves twice a day, at dawn and at dusk, regardless of the season.
Kestrel Dam
elev 231 m · est. 1958 · 12.2°C · S 9 km/h
A concrete gauge house on the dam's east wall, measuring river height, outflow and the reservoir's slow moods.