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G'day Ian,
I visited Spacewalker during Feburary this year. Basically, this is what happens:
You pay your money (remember, this is the Gold Coast we are talking about!) and you get into a very suprising lift which whisks you off to a "space station". You are then greeted and are ushered into one of three small theatres where you watch an interesting short documentary. You are then led out via a walk way to the true Spacewalk. This is a long winding walkway that takes you through the Solar System and then beyond to places like the Pillars of Creation, white dwarf stars, supernovae and then to galaxies. This is done VERY WELL indeed!! All the planets are modeled on a fairly large scale and the Moon model is superb. I wont tell you too much as I don't want to spoil things for you.
After you leave the Spacewalk you have a choice of two ways back to the foyer of the "space station". Each choice will offer you a different sensory perception. Once back at the foyer you can then go into another theatre and view a different doco. and then you do the spacewalk again. Remeber to use the other way back to the "space station".
For those of you who know Gregg Thompson, he is the man behind Spacewalker and Infinity. Gregg is an acomplished amateur astronomer who has written a book about the southern skies and also developed supernova search charts. In other words, the factual content of Spacewalker is spot on and it is a cut above your average touristy gimick on the Gold Coast.
A pleasant way to spend some time on the GC.
Peter.
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