Reviews

  Donna was an excellent host, she was engaging with children and adults alike. A most enjoyable evening and highly recommended.

  Donna is very knowledgeable and passionate, it was a pleasure learning about the milky way from her.

  Despite the partial cloud cover Donna made the best of it. It’s a great introduction to astronomy, and an opportunity to ask an expert. Great to see see enthusiasm… read more and encouragement for us to all to take a greater interest in the skies above. Pleased to see inclusion of Aboriginal understanding of the night sky

  Donna was absolutely wonderful. Our tour started with a very overcast sky, which ended with us not being able to use the telescopes. We were all offered a refund, given… read more we were unable to view the sky, and rain was starting to fall.
I didn’t want a refund, as I felt she had done an amazing job right up to the point of rain falling. Answering our questions and telling us about the telescope inside the observatory. Upon leaving I gazed skyward and was amazed that the sky had cleared and I asked, as the majority of the people had already left, if she would continue the tour, minus the telescopes. To my amazement she was more than happy to guide us through the sky and showed us many things, a satellite, a space station, planet Mars and I even managed to see a shooting star.
Donna is a true lover of the stars and her willingness to give a talk and guide us through the night sky even without a telescope was truly magical.

  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!)

  Great evening. Donna is very knowledgeable and engaging. Everyone gets several looks through the telescope and questions are encouraged. Highly recommended.

  Donna has a wealth of knowledge and it was a privilege to hear her talk. We went during a half moon night which hid most of the galaxies and stars.… read more I would recommend visiting on a new moon day or as close to it as possible.

  Donna the Astronomer is fantastic. We did a Sidings Spring tour with her then Milroy Observatory that evening. She was knowledgable, put u at ease, helpful and confident. I strongly… read more recommend doing a tour with her. She had a personality that could cope with all from grey nomads to young kids.

  What a great night we had at Milroy Observatory with Donna. Looking through the telescope at stars and the Moon, on a lovely clear, cold night. Donna is absolutely amazing,… read more very knowledgeable and a lovely host.

  Donna was passionate and informative and with a small group, we had plenty of turns on the telescope. The location of the Observatory was terrific and the night sky was… read more extraordinary. It was great to have the opportunity to ask questions.