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Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, part of the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics (RSAA) at the Australian National University (ANU), incorporates the Anglo-Australian Telescope along with a collection of other telescopes owned by the Australian National University, the University of New South Wales, and other institutions. The observatory is situated 1,165 metres (3,822 ft) above sea level in the Warrumbungle National Park on Mount Woorat, also known as Siding Spring Mountain. Siding Spring Observatory is owned by the Australian National University (ANU) and is part of the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories research school. There are currently 12 telescopes on site. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siding_Spring_Observatory
Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, part of the Research School...
Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, part of the Research School...
The view from the summit of Siding Spring mountain, also known as Mount Woorat stands at 1165 metres ...
A few kilometres west of Coonabarabran is Timor Rock. The path to the summit is quite difficult to fo...
Underneath Pilliga reseve in Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia. This is the view from a clear...
Just west of the equestrian race course in Coonabarabran, New South Wales stand a hill with this view...
Hill End was a booming town from the 1850's, when gold was discovered, to the 1870's when it petered ...
King's Parade is a pretty little park opposite the old Bathurst Court House. Many well tended flower ...
Opened in 1938 as dusty country track, Mount Panorama Racing Circuit is now one of the world's top th...
This panorama was taken at Brock's skyline at Mount Panorama in Bathurst. It is possibly the best kno...
There are no kangaroos in Austria.
We're talking about Australia, the world's smallest continent. That being cleared up, let's dive right in!
Australia is a sovereign state under the Commonwealth of Nations, which is in turn overseen by Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.
The continent was first sighted and charted by the Dutch in 1606. Captain James Cook of Britain came along in the next century to claim it for Britain and name it "New South Wales." Shortly thereafter it was declared to be a penal colony full of nothing but criminals and convicts, giving it the crap reputation you may have heard at your last cocktail party.
This rumor ignores 40,000 years of pre-European human history, especially the Aboriginal concept of Dreamtime, an interesting explanation of physical and spiritual reality.
The two biggest cities in Australia are Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney is more for business, Melbourne for arts. But that's painting in very broad strokes. Take a whirl around the panoramas to see for yourself!Text by Steve Smith.
