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October 9th 2011
Published: October 11th 2011
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Blog Day 1068 Citizenship Countdown 32 Days We were ready to go, today was Friday 7th October the long weekend was here and we both had a week off ahead of us. The truck was packed, and the TVAN we had hired was down in the garage waiting to be hitched up and towed with us. We were heading up to Parkes for the 50th Anniversary of the Parkes Radio Telescope, (The Dish), regular readers will kno... Read Full Entry



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The Ts
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Back in the November of 2008, we embarked on an adventure that would take us out of everything that we were so familiar with, a comfortable life in the UK, friends, family and the English countryside. Some call it brave, others thought that we would be back, but above all, most people helped us embrace the challenge that lay ahead of us. Weary of corporate life, we emigrated to Australia, with the notion of buying a 4 wheel drive and camper trailer and a 12 month trip to explore our adopted country, Not an easy thing to do as we had to start from scratch, simple things like knife, fork, s... full info
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The original PlaqueThe original Plaque
The original Plaque
The Twister RoomThe Twister Room
The Twister Room
These are the cables,through the central core of the telescope,
The spiral StaircaseThe spiral Staircase
The spiral Staircase
looking aroundlooking around
looking around
The electronicsThe electronics
The electronics
A very famous cricket pitchA very famous cricket pitch
A very famous cricket pitch
Test BedTest Bed
Test Bed
The future of Radio Astronomy.a 12 Mtr Radio telescope that is being trialed for the SKA project
Nigel and PatrickNigel and Patrick
Nigel and Patrick
Patrick, Coloured in his model of the Dish and points proudly to it.
Street RodStreet Rod
Street Rod



11th October 2011
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Campomatic
Boy, this sure looks a lot like the Cub campers. Just checked out their web site and they appear to be very well constructed and with some really great options. We have a basic Cub camper. Nothing inside but the bed, storage and the 'living room'. Carry everything else in the camper or our 'crossover' vehicle (not 4wd). The Camp-O-Matic looks very interesting
11th October 2011

kangaroojack
The Ts

Campomatic
Hi Gary, that's exactly what I said, but no it's not. I will find out, what it is and report back. Andy

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