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Originally Posted by OzEclipse
As far as I know, Mt Kaputar wasn't considered as a site.
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Hi Joe,
Harley Wood, NSW Government Astronomer, Richard Q. Twiss, of the University of
Sydney, Isadore Epstein, of Yale-Columbia Observatory and Ben Gascoigne,
of Mount Stromlo Observatory, first inspected Mount Kaputar as a possible base
for an observatory in August 1957. They then went on to try visit and Siding Springs but since
access was difficult, they had to bypass it. Gascoigne and Theodore Dunham
paid it a second visit some time later and managed to climb to the top.
Another place that was considered was Mount Bingar near Griffith, which
Bart Bok preferred as he had success doing work there with a 26".
[Reference "The Creation of the Ango-Australian Observatory" by Gascoigne eta. al]
In the mid-90's, a friend was photographing the kangaroos that were lying around
the grounds outside the cabins at Mt Kaputar. She had knelt down to photograph
a big boomer and when she went to stand up, it misinterpreted her intentions.
The roo rose, kicked out and managed to tear through her thick denim jeans and make
a gash in her leg. She was driven down the mountain to Narrabri hospital where they
put a few timely stitches in her leg which then allowed her to return to Mount Kaputar.
Best Regards
Gary