The Echo Dish

Another was 50 meters away, we both stood on steps and whispered into the centre and could here as clear a day each other speaking. Emma wanted to have a go, so Mick stepped off before I could get a shot of him.

Once Upon a Time

September 28th 2013
Geo: -33.9235, 147.205Left Dubbo at 7.30am, arrived in Parkes at 9am to have a look at the dish. CSIRO'S Parkes Telesscope the official name, is 64-m in diameter parabolic dish used for radio astronomy. It was huge.The telescope was built in 1961. But only it's basic structure has remained unchanged. With continual upgrades the telescope is ten thousand times more sensitive than wh ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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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