To:	Philip Veerman <>, 'Canberra Birds' <>
Subject:	Big metal bird
From:	Robin Hide <>
Date:	Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:00:29 +0000

See Canberra Times: “Helicopters to inspect Canberra powerlines”

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/helicopters-to-inspect-canberra-powerlines-20140205-3217c.html

Robin Hide

From: Philip Veerman [
Sent: Tuesday, 18 February 2014 10:54 AM
To: 'Canberra Birds'
Subject: [canberrabirds] Big metal bird

Yes this is off topic.

For at least the 90 minutes, there has been a helicopter flying loops over my GBS site in west Kambah (yes, mostly more than 100 metres and it is now it is more distant) with what looks like someone looking out the side. Such persistence is very odd. I thought maybe police tracking a fugitive. The abdomen of the helicopter carries the field mark of ActewAGL. I phoned and was eventually advised it is surveying infrastructure to look for equipment faults and fire risks. Strange but that is what I was told.

Philip

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