The telescope is located near the Molonglo River near Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, and was constructed by modification of the East-West arm of the former Molonglo Cross Telescope, a larger version of the Mills Cross Telescope.
Springbank included both the river flats of the Molonglo River and Black Mountain plus a sizeable portion of the area now occupied by the Australian National University (ANU).
The next few kilometres of roadway continue past the National Arboretum and through pine plantations while veering southwards, before crossing over the Molonglo River just to the north of the next interchange with Cotter Road.
It is bordered by Lake Burley Griffin to the north, Commonwealth Avenue and Capital Hill to the east, Adelaide Avenue and the Cotter Road to the south, and Scrivener Dam, Lady Denman Drive and part of the Molonglo River to the west.
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Ainslie reached the Limestone Plains and selected a site on the slopes above the Molonglo River where the Royal Military College now stands.
Those parts of the Limestone Plains that were not built over in the construction of Canberra are now flooded by Lake Burley Griffin, which was formed by damming the Molonglo River near the suburb of Yarralumla.
The Wanniassa canoe tree, a gumtree used in the late 1800s or early 1900s to make a canoe which was paddled on the Molonglo River for a span of several summers.