Canberra, ACT, Australia
The following photos were taken during a visit to Mount Stromlo Observatory in December 2005. The observatory site was devastated by the firestorm of 18 January 2003 in which all historic telescopes and most other buildings were destroyed. However, life has returned to Mount Stromlo, and the observatory has largely been rebuilt.
Woolley and Duffield office buildings
The old administration building
The old administration building
The dome of the 74" telescope
The Yale-Columbia telescope
Mount Stromlo Visitor's Centre
Tidbinbilla Deep Space Tracking Station
Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)