Parkes NSW Observatory

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(991) · Observatory in Parkes, Australia
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Jan 9, 2025
Fantastic. As a child of that era and sharing the same age as the dish, I will always visit as long as it sits in a sheep paddock. Go see what humans did with a slide rule and theodolite. Full review by Peter B
Jan 7, 2025
Firstly, I just to mention that my experience wasn’t bad, I just can’t speak on behalf of the tours. But other than that, it was great, actually! There is a heap of things to play around with, like l… Full review by S8310NErosiec
Dec 8, 2024
We visited this amazing observatory and were very impressed with the observatory, particularly the dish of course. The 3D presentations were excellent and put great context on the history and what ha… Full review by Baylovers

Questions & answers

Q:
Hi when is the telescope open to observe inside... Cheers
A:
Sorry, just saw your question...you can't get into the telescope but there is an okay visitor centre
Q:
how much is a taxi from Parkes to the dish
A:
It's about 20km out of town you will have to call the taxi service and find out sorry
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how much is a taxi from Parkes to the dish and is there public transport to the dish
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It's 25 kilometres from Parkes to the Dish. I would ring the visitor information centre in Parkes, phone number on their website.
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