Model of the Launch Area at Lake Hart

The actual launch area no longer exists as it was deconstructed in the early 1970s, but it was located at the far end of the lake from where we camped. I think this was where the Redstone rocket carrying WRESAT, Australia's first home-made satellite, was launched

Suicidal Emus and Rockets Galore

October 9th 2014
I got up at 6.45am to see if the sunrise over the salt in Lake Hart would be any more colourful than the sunset last night. There was some colour but it still wasn’t very strong, disappointingly. After breakfast, we packed up ready to leave and I was in the process of lifting one of the blocks we use to level the van when Barry’s hold on the brake slipped. I just managed to get my fingers out ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Woomera

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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