Air Force established SLAF Diyatalawa. Sporting events Fox Hill, Diyatalawa is the venue for the annual Fox Hill Motor Cross organised by the Sri Lanka Military Academy, one of the premier motor racing events in the country. Fox Hill (Nariya Kanda in Sinhalese) was named after the engraving of the whole slope facing the railway station of Diyatalawa, by the British soldiers at the canteen town, with an image of a fox carved in with hundreds of rough rocks of quartz that were once lying scattered all over the hill. Stag Hill (Gona Kanda in Sinhalese) also named following the same style of rock art on hill similar to Fox Hill. Climate Due to the high altitude,the garrison town of Diyatalawa located between the hill station retreats of Haputale and Bandarawela of central highlands has a much cooler climate than the lowlands of Sri Lanka, with a mean annual temperature of 19 °C. In the winter months it is quite cold at night, and there can even be frost. Maps Map of Diyatalawa See also Sri Lanka Military Academy SLAF Diyatalawa Arcadia, Diyatalawa References Hill stations in Sri Lanka Military units and formations of Ceylon in World War II Resorts in Sri Lanka Towns in Badulla District World War II sites in Sri Lanka