Bus Trip to Parkes CSIRO Telescope (Homegrown Parkes)

Tickets have been reserved for Homegrown Parkes attendees as part of the Keep Australia Beautiful Tidy Towns Sustainability Awards Weekend in Parkes. 

Book your spot on the bus bound for The Dish (Parkes Radio Telescope).

Murriyang, our Parkes radio telescope, was one of the first to be built as a big, movable dish. The moving part of the telescope weighs 1000 tonnes – as much as two Boeing 747s – but it is not fixed to the tower. Instead, the giant dish sits on top of the control tower with its own weight holding it down. From our dedicated viewing area, you can watch as the dish moves, controlled by astronomers as they explore the Universe.