Mobile Black Spot Program Round 8—Project Noticeboard

Installation of a tower and telecommunication facilities. This location currently has no phone coverage. The area is prone to fires caused by lightning impacting the area. 

Additionally, this area is a major haulage route with BB-Doubles carting to and from the area, including livestock, produce and timber industry product.

Severe mobile black spots along Forest Rd and Currarong Rd. Telstra service is unreliable every day, impacting residents and travellers. There are safety concerns for commuters and emergency situations. Limited connectivity affects businesses and residents who rely on mobile service.
Upgraded Telstra infrastructure is required to improve mobile coverage and reliability along these key roads, ensuring better connectivity for the community.

Issue:
Most of Wooroonga Crescent is a mobile black spot, with no reception in some areas. Residents must rely on NBN and Wi-Fi calling for communication.

Impact:
No reliable mobile service for calls, texts, or emergencies. Dependence on Wi-Fi limits accessibility outside the home.

Proposal:
Assess mobile infrastructure gaps and explore network upgrades or new tower installations to improve connectivity in Kioloa.

Consistent mobile black spot along Princes Highway between Tomerong and Island Point Rd.
Telstra coverage is unreliable or non-existent every time. There are safety risks for commuters and emergency situations due to lack of mobile service. Limited connectivity for residents and businesses in the area. Upgraded Telstra infrastructure to enhance coverage and reliability along this key route, improving safety and accessibility.

Ampol and Woolworths Bomaderry are black spots. Constituents advise they have no signal.

Installation of a tower and telecommunication facilities. This location currently has no phone coverage. The area is prone to fires caused by lightning impacting the area.

Additionally, this area is a major haulage route with BB-Doubles carting to and from the area, including livestock, produce and timber industry product.

The coverage in Berry and particularly David Berry Hospital is poor with patients, family members and staff often complaining about the poor signal.

Severe Telstra coverage gaps impact Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden, Mogo Mountain Bike Trail, Deep Creek Dam, and local residents. Optus users have reliable coverage, but Telstra reception is nearly non-existent, with only patchy service at high points. There are safety risks for hospital transfers and emergency situations. Residents in fire-affected areas remain disconnected. Business and tourism disruptions—70,000+ visitors struggle with navigation, payments, and online resources. Investment in Telstra infrastructure upgrades is required to improve public safety, tourism, and business operations in the region.

Installation of a tower and telecommunication facilities. This location currently has no phone coverage. The area is prone to fires caused by lightning impacting the area.

Additionally, this area is a major haulage route with BB-Doubles carting to and from the area, including livestock, produce and timber industry product.

Installation of a tower and telecommunication facilities. This location currently has no phone coverage. The area is prone to fires caused by lightning impacting the area.

Additionally, this area is a major haulage route with BB-Doubles carting to and from the area, including livestock, produce and timber industry product.

Constituents advise the phone reception in Shoalhaven Heads is very hard to get decent reception.

Issue:
Mobile coverage in this area is so poor that residents must rely on Wi-Fi calling. Even service technicians have difficulty accessing mobile coverage due to the hill shadowing the tower near the water tank above Vincentia.

Impact:
This issue likely affects other nearby homes, reducing connectivity and reliability for phone calls and essential services.

Proposal:
Investigate and improve mobile infrastructure or tower placement to enhance signal strength and address this persistent black spot.

Constituent asks for improved mobile phone coverage in some black spots in the Eurobodalla.
The area between Batemans Bay and Mogo includes a black spot in the highly-used area of the new Mogo Bike Trail and the Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens. The poor of mobile coverage represents a safety issue for bike trail users and walkers in the gardens. The Botanic Gardens is also a highly used tourist destination and the lack of mobile coverage is significant service gap the area.
It is also a concern that the main Princes Highway has coverage blackspots in that area in the event of road traffic incidents. 
 

Local residents and visitors are experiencing ongoing poor/nil cell phone reception in Angourie, Wooloweyah, nearby popular surfing spots and Yuraygir Coastal Walk through Yuraygir National Park.

It is a busy area especially during holiday times. A possible fatal outcome could occur if there was a shark attack, near drowning, snake bite or a cliff fall.

Also, bush fires loomed towards Angourie and Wooloweyah in 2019 and flood events occurred in 2022, highlighting the lack of cell phone coverage in these areas in the case of an emergency.

There are many communities and roads in the New England and Upper Hunter regions, including these locations in the Tamworth Regional Council area, where mobile phone coverage is limited, problematic or non-existent, creating major issues for residents and businesses, particularly during times of emergency. These regions are susceptible to natural disasters, including bushfires and floods, and mobile communications are of critical importance during these events.

There are many communities and roads in the New England and Upper Hunter regions, including these locations in the Gwydir Shire Council area, where mobile phone coverage is limited, problematic or non-existent, creating major issues for residents and businesses, particularly during times of emergency. 

These regions are susceptible to natural disasters, including bushfires and floods, and mobile communications are of critical importance during these events.

Mobile network coverage needs improving significantly along the Castlereagh Highway from Mudgee to Lithgow which has a history of being impacted and closed by bushfire activity, flash flooding and landslides in severe weather events.

Many locations along this section of Highway (approximately 120km) don’t have mobile coverage, and this exacerbates the significant risk of natural disasters on lives of residents and visitors.

The Highway runs directly along the western side of Windamere Dam and sections of Cudgegong River. Mudgee to Lithgow will benefit from new and improved mobile network coverage projects to help ensure safety.

Constituent advises they have problems daily and need to go outside to get reception at their home on Knights Hill Road. 

Their house is on the south east side of Knights Hill and they believe they are too close under the Knights Hill Tower. Also they experience no service on Jamberoo Mountain Road around Knights Hill.

There are many communities and roads in the New England and Upper Hunter regions, including these locations in the Gwydir Shire Council area, where mobile phone coverage is limited, problematic or non-existent, creating major issues for residents and businesses, particularly during times of emergency. 

These regions are susceptible to natural disasters, including bushfires and floods, and mobile communications are of critical importance during these events.

Tapitallee's mobile reception is spotty at the best of times. When the power goes out, which is several time a year, phone and data is strained to the point our phones are un-usable—especially during critical times such as fires etc.

They pay the same payment plans as customers residing in metropolitan/city areas. However, the service is on par of third world. Conversations drop out etc.