Michael Bennett reckons he’s discovered the focal point and connecting image of the bush capital – Telstra Tower atop Black Mountain.
“I slowly figured out that I was seeing [the Telstra Tower] over and over again, especially from Banks,” says Michael.
“That amazed me so much that I thought, ‘if I can see it from Banks, I can see it from just about anywhere’, and so I started taking photos of the tower.”
Michael’s curiosity stemmed from a map of Canberra.
Despite living here since the age of two, he realised there were many suburbs that he just hadn’t seen.
“I’d lived in a few, done some learning in a few, gone to church services and bible studies, and had friends in several,” he says.
And that’s where Michael’s Black Mountain project began.
Over six months, he has photographed the Telstra Tower from 115 suburbs and has his sights set on four more.
“I think for a lot of us, when we’re coming home from the coast, the tower is how we know we are back home,” says Michael.
“[This project] has definitely made me look at what I’m seeing in a new light,” says Michael.
“Everywhere I go, I look for [the tower] and think to myself, I’ve gone there and I’ve taken a photo from there.”
Coming towards the end of this venture, Michael now hopes that his website can serve as a guide around Canberra.
“I think there are distinctive things around that are worth looking at in Canberra and surrounds,” he says.
In the six months Michael has been out and about, he’s spotted no less than four Tardises, almost stepped on an Eastern Brown snake on a hill and has seen countless pieces of “incredible artwork” scattered around the city.
What had initially started as a personal project has taken off online with many Canberrans recommending spots for him to see the tower from.
Michael is left with Chisholm, Gowrie, Oxley and Greenway to photograph and is now looking to the public for help to capture a shot of the tower.
Michael’s progress can be followed on his website at 124viewsofblackmountain.wordpress.com.
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