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Old 24-01-2006, 07:26 PM
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Desert Springs at Arakoola

I just remember that this star party is on this weekend also, and I think it's somewhere near the fires down that way? Grampians etc?

I hope everyone is ok down there, and I hope the smoke doesn't ruin any views.
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Old 24-01-2006, 09:32 PM
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was it this one Mike? http://www.arkaroola.com.au/events.php im not sure, but the desert springs one is in Victoria from memory?
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Old 24-01-2006, 09:43 PM
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yeh that's the one.
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Old 25-01-2006, 06:25 PM
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Arkaroola

Hi Mike,

Arkaroola is north-east of the Flinders Ranges in S.A.

Smoke form the Grampians however has covered great parts of S.A.
including reports as far as Woomera.

The Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary is a 61,000 hectare property owned and
operated by the Sprigg family.

Doug Sprigg is also a keen conservationist, astronomy enthusiast and pilot.
The Arkaroola observatory is open to visitors and includes a C14, Starchairs and
an Argo Navis pointing system.

Arkaroola was selected by the Mars Society to be the preferred site for
their proposed MARS-OZ simulated Mars base.
See http://www.marssociety.org.au/MarsOZ.shtml

Hopefully those at Arkaroola will get some good skies.

Best Regards

Gary Kopff
Managing Director
Wildcard Innovations Pty. Ltd.
20 Kilmory Place, Mount Kuring-Gai
NSW. 2080. Australia
Phone +61-2-9457-9049
Fax +61-2-9457-9593
wildcard@wildcard-innovations.com.au
http://www.wildcard-innovations.com.au
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