There was mention over the radio last week that the low flying chopper over the suburbs was inspecting vegetation clearance around power lines.
Peter
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
