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25.01.2022 Catch some falling stars before Christmas!
24.01.2022 There's only 8 days left to submit your photographs to the 2021 Astrofest Astrophotography Competition! We're excited to be sponsoring one of the awards this year - the award for Best Astrotourism Nightscape. So get your entries in for your chance to win some brilliant prizes! We can't wait to see your amazing work.
24.01.2022 Check out the incredible outcome of this small Japanese island's efforts to switch to dark sky approved lighting! https://www.darksky.org/kozushima-lighting-retrofit
23.01.2022 Even though Astrofest has been postponed, you can still vote for your FAVOURITE image in the Astrophptography Competition's People's Choice Award. Follow the link and vote for your favourite!
20.01.2022 Saturn, Jupiter and the Moon will be meeting in the sky this month! Make sure you head outside to see this spectacular sight!
20.01.2022 Did anyone see a #fireball last night?
20.01.2022 It was a special day meeting the Hon Kim Beazley AC, Governor of Western Australia. Showing off the #AstrotourismWA Town of Moora and showcasing wonderful Yued Aboriginal Astronomy with Madeline and Donna. Thank you for visiting Government House Western Australia. It’s a starry future for WA! Shire of Moora Wheatbelt Development Commission
18.01.2022 I'm honoured to be featured alongside Madeline Anderson from Beemurra Aboriginal Corporation as well as some incredible women from across Australia in this article by Women's Agenda.
18.01.2022 Darkness is important for stars and penguins! Here’s a great story on the famous Penguin Parade on Phillip Island and how special Australasian Dark Sky Alliance approved night sensitive lighting was installed to reduce the effects of artificial lighting on wildlife. Congratulations WE-EF LIGHTING Australia / New Zealand!
18.01.2022 Two very lucky girls! Thanks for the fabulous wheels Nissan and Rumbold Ford - Moora Nissan. Good astro-colleague, Donna and I are privileged to be visiting the Square Kilometre Array site this week for new space TV doco, Star Tracks ! We’ve been on the road travelling through #Astrotourism Town Country! Hello Shire of Moora, Shire of Coorow, Shire of Carnamah, Shire of Three Springs, Shire of Mingenew and City of Greater Geraldton! You’re looking fabulous! The stars will be out tonight. - Carol
17.01.2022 Looking up at the stars in #LakeNinan Stunning work by Astrophotobear in the Astrotourism town of Wongan Hills.
16.01.2022 Make your way out under the stars on Friday night a check out this gathering of astronomical objects.WIth the Moon, Mars and the Seven Sisters so close together it's sure to be an interesting sight.
16.01.2022 Orange is the colour of our Christmas! Season’s greetings to all #AstrotourismWA Towns and to all the travellers who have joined us under the stars for some amazing events this year in country WA. More to come in 2021! Tonight, take some time to relax with some great stargazing at 8pm. And if you’ve ever wondered about an astronomical connection to the Star of Bethlehem, we’ve included a handy link to discover more! https://astrotourismwa.com.au/christmas-stargazing/
15.01.2022 Look to the sky tonight! 8.05pm! The International Space Station will be bright, bright, bright! It will appear from the southern horizon between the Southern Cross and Scorpio constellations!
15.01.2022 For the early birds on Valentine's Day morning, a parade of planets will be visible low to the east just before sunrise. Follow the link for more info:
13.01.2022 We talked all things #AstrotourismWA with the Honourable Kim Beazley, Government House Western Australia in the Shire of Moora.
11.01.2022 It's happening! In the early hours of tomorrow morning, NASA's Perseverance Rover is going to attempt to land on Mars! Watch it live here:
09.01.2022 In marvellous Morawa. Looking forward to handing out some great prizes and stargazing on the oval tonight!
08.01.2022 Have you ever heard 'Twinke, Twinkle Little Star' recited in the Wadjarri Aboriginal language? This weekend you can, under the sparkly skies of Carnamah!
07.01.2022 Are you a Gemini? If you are, there’s every reason to look to the stars tonight. Happy New Year!
07.01.2022 We are beyond excited to be working together with local Indigenous communities to bring an Aboriginal Astronomy trail to Western Australia. Astronomy is such an integral part of Aboriginal culture and the possibility for tourists to travel around WA and hear these ancient stories from an Aboriginal perspective will be amazing. It’s an incredible project being delivered through Regional Development Australia Wheatbelt’s Noongar Enterprise Development Support and funded by th...e Australian Government Department of Social Services. Read the full story here: https://www.abc.net.au//aboriginal-astronomy-dre/12798118
03.01.2022 It often feels like we're limited in what we can get done during a day, so wouldn't it be great if the day never ended? It turns out that might not be the case: https://keystonecanyon.com/products/what-if-night
