Field Solutions Group (FSG/ASX)
WA Digital Farm Grants Round 3
WA Digital Farm Grants Round 3
The Digital Farm Grants Program is an initiative of the Western Australian Government and is supported by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. The program funds last-mile solutions for agribusinesses in agricultural and pastoral regions outside the current or planned NBN fixed wireless and fixed-line footprint. Field Solutions Group has been awarded grants to deliver two place-based networks under Round 3 of the Program, detailing the progress and locations below.
Dumbleyung Digital Connectivity Project
This project will see the deployment of four new towers to provide fixed wireless access to the farming land in the district. Build is well and truly underway on all four sites, with two towers now stood. Don’t they just look marvellous!
Dumbleyung Tower
Kukerin Tower
Site Name | Status Status | Site Update | Forecast Site On-air |
Dumbleyung | Site Under Build | Tower Stood with transmission equipment rigged. Solar power system in transit. Equipment Cabinet deployed, fibre trenching complete. Foundation excavation completed. Tower being delivered to site. | May 2023 |
Lake Grace | Site Under Build | Tower to be stood. Solar power system in transit. Foundation excavation completed. Tower delivered to site. | May 2023 |
Kukerin | Site Under Build | Tower Stood with transmission equipment rigged. Solar power system in transit Foundation excavation completed. Tower delivered to site. | May 2023 |
Nyabing | Site Under Build | Tower to be stood. Solar power system in transit. Foundation excavation completed. Tower delivered to site. | May 2023 |
Wireless Wheatbelt – Avon East Digital Connectivity Project
This project will see the deployment of 6 new towers to provide fixed wireless access in the region
Site Name | Status Status | Site Update | Forecast Site On-air |
Goomalling | Site Surveyed | Candidate assessment underway | TBC in July |
Southern Brook | Site Under Acquisition | Site location chosen Agreement in place with landowner GeoTech to be undertaken Detailed site plan being prepared | TBC in July |
Meckering Town | Site Under Acquisition | Site location chosen Agreement in place with landowner GeoTech to be undertaken Detailed site plan being prepared | TBC in July |
Cunderdin | Site Surveyed | Detailed site candidate reviews underway | TBC in July |
Konnongorring | Site Search | Candidate assessment underway | TBC in July |
Youndegin | Site Search | Candidate assessment underway | TBC in July |