Have you ever looked up and wondered what’s up there in the night sky?

  We enjoyed our tour of the observatory immensely. Donna is very passionate and informative.
I especially enjoyed being able to see inside the observatory and how it works.… read more Definitely a tour to add to your itinerary when travelling through Coonabarabran!

  This was an amazing tour. The guide was extremely knowledgeable and informative. I would recommend this event to anyone who wants an amazing astronomical experience

  Donna – This was the best experience we had at Milroy observatory. You have been very very helpful from the enquiry until the last minute of the sessio and beyond.… read more Great knowledge from yourself and your students. Perfect location. Attention to detail like switching off headlight so that session is not interrupted. Asking everyone not to use mobile phone. Awesome location and elaborate explanations of sky.

  Donna is wonderful. We will return. One tip: go when there is no moon – we were there when there was about 1/4 of a moon, and we thought that… read more would be fine – but the thing is too bloody bright!

I was thinking the best part would be looking through the telescopes, but the best bit was Donna’s love for the sky – and the best part of that was her pointing out the dark emu. It was jaw dropping. That’s another reason why we’ll be going back on a true dark night.

Jump on Donna’s Facebook page and watch a couple of her videos – you’ll understand who she is then, and she won’t be a surprise. A self-identified "drover’s brat" with a stunning academic record. And plenty of opinions. I reckon I could argue for hours with her on any subject, and it would be great fun for everyone.

FYI: she’s the only woman who has discovered two comets. That’s cool!

I’d pay lots more for a longer visit. (Hint hint!)

  Donna was awesome full of knowledge about astronomy. It was an experience that us and kids will never forget. We went for 930pm show with kids as 630 show was… read more sold out. Still they enjoyed it fully.
There were some clouds which prevented a good view at times but overall it was good. The only thing that we could not experience was gazing those stars through the large telescope as dome could not open. Might just have to go back just for that.

  Fascinating looking through Donna’s telescope at many different nebula and star clusters and showing us the dark Emu! Her enthusiasm is contagious!