I'm organising an event in Byron Bay you guys might enjoy. It's not really a star party but the resort it's being held at has a fenced off, powered dark field guests are allowed to use. The lighting around the cabins is also so minimal, you could image next to your cabin if you were staying there. It's no astro fest, but the wives and kids might enjoy staying at a 5-star beachside resort in Byron Bay while their husbands nerd out!
Organised to coincide with new moon and QLD school holidays, but the main focus of the event are the speakers :
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki , Dr Katie Mack (Uni of Melb), Dr Alan Duffy (Swinburne), Dr David Malin (AAO), Dr Fred Watson (AAO), Mark Gee (NZ), Dr Duane Hamacher (Monash Uni), Jamie Anderson (Gilmour Space Technologies) and myself will be presenting keynote talks over 2 days.
Sponsored by Celestron, Bintel & ESA.
Details at
starstuff.com.au