Lavender Farm, Parkes, New South Wales
Flower in a garden in Parkes NSW
On our visit to Parkes, New South Wales several years ago we did some touring around the town and the nearby district. One of the places my wife wanted to visit was the Lavender Farm on the eastern edge of town.
Flower in a garden in Parkes NSW
Lavender bushes
During our stay at the Lavender Farm I was free to wander through the garden looking at the flowers as well as all of the birds to be seen there.
Flower in a garden in Parkes NSW
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The radio telescope at Parkes, New South Wales
Radio telescope at Parkes, New South Wales
On our trip to Parkes in the mid-west of New South Wales we travelled the short distance north of the city to the radio telescope. This telescope has been there for many years and I had long wanted to visit it, but this was the first time for me. My wife argued that she thought that we had visited there early in our married life. It doesn’t matter who was right.
Radio telescope at Parkes, New South Wales
During our time there we looked through the displays in the information centre. We then decided to have an ice-cream. While we sat eating it we had the pleasure of watching the dish slowly changing position. It is an awesome sight to see such a large structure moving.
This telescope played a key role in transmitting signals to the rest of the work during the first landing on the moon. The story of what happened is the plot of the movie called “The Dish.”