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Starry eyed fun for all ages ? – A fun and informative night. Thank you Donna, Kyle and Gary for sharing your passion with us. We can’t wait to return when the big telescope is up and running.… read more
March 31, 2023See it with your own eyes! – After seeing the professional telescopes at Siding Springs (in the daytime), or visiting the Warrumbungles National Park, a visit to Milroy Observatory is highly recommended. Donna is a knowledgeable guide… read more to the heavens, and you get to look through a real telescope (something that professional astronomers don’t do, these days).
Milroy Observatory is about 15 minutes from Coonabarabran, in Australia’s Dark Sky park – well worth the trip. Hint: On iPhone, enter "Milroy Observatory" into Apple Maps, and it will take you straight there!
March 6, 2023Star gazing – A great way to learn about and see the stars. Would definitely recommend a visit as it is a great place to see the stars in the sky. Loved Donna’s… read more enthusiasm
March 3, 2023Breathtaking Magic. – Our experience at Milroy Observatory was amazing. Kyle, our intrepid guide was fanatic. Knowledge, friendly and helpful. We had wonderful weather, a clear night, and the… read more stars and moon were glorious in their beauty. Seeing the number and colour of the stars around us was a sobering and wondrous sight.
We would highly recommend this experience to any who are able to take it, whilst on a trip to Coonabarabran. For us, it was the highlight of our stay.
February 28, 2023Brilliant clear night. Had fun counting satellites and shooting stars in between taking turns on telescope. Kyle was so informative and accomodating. Highly recommend to night sky lovers. Bring a… read more jacket. Even in summer
February 24, 2023Accessible, Informative, Fun – Would absolutely recommend! Went with my deaf friend and not only were they amazingly informative and friendly, especially with how they answered all of our questions, they were also super… read more accomodating and made did not heistate to repeat and do everything they could to ensure accessibility was achieved. a wonderful experience all round.
February 19, 2023Absolutely excellent evening – An absolutely excellent evening observing the planets and stars. Donna is so knowledgeable and good at communicating her knowledge. The two helpers were great, helping us to view the heavens… read more through the telescopes. A lovely atmosphere was created for our group of strangers. Wonderful experience. Thank you.
February 17, 2023We had a very enjoyable night viewing the stars, planets and galaxies. The night sky was spectacular and Donna provided so much interesting information about what we were seeing. Thoroughly… read more worth it.
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Amazing experience – Weather had been temperamental all day but cleared up for the evening. Easy to find and check in. Amazing sights and many stars, Martial polar ice caps, bands of Jupiter,… read more star clusters and nebulae. Donna is very knowlegable.
February 15, 2023AWESOME!! – Have attended stargazing with the team at Milroy Observatory at least 5 times. NEVER gets old!! It is funny, educational and breathtakingly awe inspiring to see the stars, the moon… read more and distant galaxies. A MUST DO event when in Coonabarabran
February 10, 2023A spectacular night under the stars! – A wonderful, enormously humbling evening learning about the insignificance of our existence here on the Big Blue. Can’t rate the guys that took us on a tour of the cosmos… read more any higher.
Might have just been me, but would have loved to have met Donna the Astronomer just to dap her up and tell her what a great name she has. But a small grievance in an otherwise spellbinding experience.
February 10, 2023Great 75 minutes if you are a novice to astronomy. Donna wasn’t there when I attended, and I was a bit disappointed at the level of knowledge of the presenters,… read more and that the big telescope was closed. (this wan’t stated in any of the online information I read).
It could be an idea to promote some sessions that outline different levels of information provided, and who will be facilitating the session?fmackzie
January 23, 2023We loved this experience! We did a short Central West NSW road trip from Sydney over a few days, and we mainly headed to Coonabarabran (from Orange) for the night… read more sky viewing (although the Warrumbungle Nat Park was also amazing!). I am so glad we made the time for this and we were so lucky we had an incredibly clear night. Branioc was very informative and engaging–he’s clearly very passionate!
July 13, 2022My daughter and I had a wonderful experience viewing objects in the night sky! The clouds were dancing around the stars but your team were patient and made the experience… read more excellent, we are glad they persisted ! Would highly Recommend this experience to anyone visiting Coonabarabran!
July 8, 2022