There's at least one other locationless now on this theme. This one can go.

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This Black Arrow Rocket is located in Rocket Park Woomera.

The Black Arrow is a British designed rocket to carry satellites into orbit up to a height of 560 kn above Earth. Ot reacjes a sopeed of 8 km per second 10 minutes after take off.

The three stage rocket carried solid fuel in the top stage and liquid in the other two.

4 Black Arrow Rockets were launched from Woomewra between June 1969 and October 1971. The last launch on 28th October 1971 placed 1 72 kg satellite "Prospero" onto orbit.

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S29 28.080 E149 50.535
I found this rocket in Kirby Park, Moree when passing through.

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Pluto billboard and worlds largest solar system drive information boards In Dubbo NSW
TFTLC

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This is near a GC cache (GC7RW3A) on the Wandering - Narrogin Rd in WA.
A fantastic Tardis, you can go inside. Press some buttons and get Dr Who theme, flashing lights, etc. Well worth the stop

TFTC

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Star Wars spaceship, Coober Pedy, SA.

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Woomera junkyard. TFTC.

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Apollo Court, Slacks Creek, Qld.
I took a little detour to photograph this street name. Will help with the game we're playing.
Thank you Geono.

I knew what I was going to log for this one which I needed for the Summer game - the States of the Nation - Star of Siam - my favourite Thai restaurant. Last night I had dinner there after a meeting. I just hope no one else has logged it in the past.

This rocket in the playground at Benalla has had countless kids over the years "blasting offf" into space in their imaginations. You rarely see it without a child clambering up inside it.
It is part of a waypoint for a multi GC in the area, as well as a cache apppropriately named Rocket Park

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Being a supporter of the Melbourne Stars Big Bash cricket team I wanted to use their logo to log this cache. They haven't been starring so far this season but there is still time for them to 'Journey into Space'.
Thanks geono for this locationless cache.

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Found this Tardis in Sutton - one of many mysterious spacecraft to be found around the ACT.

The Astronomer, at Questacon Canberra
This statue was made by an old work mate of mine, Tim Wetherell. It is called The Astronomer and was built using fire damaged parts of telescopes from Mount Stromlo Observatory, Canberra.

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Out and about for the States of the Nation Games 2017/18 and spotted this sign for the Planetarium at Queen Victoria Museum Launceston. A satellite in one pic and the entrance to the planetarium in the other. As far we could venture before shelling out an entrance fee.

Thanks Geono for creating this locationless.

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Tardis touched down in Hall, ACT.

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One of the information display panels at John Glenn Park, Muchea WA

This is an awesome work of art at the ANU. It is a ball with a world inside and so many stars. Will upload 3 pics, the outside, the inside and the artwork info.

This is some real space rocket junk at William Creek.
It's part of the Black Arrow 3 stage rocket, launched from Woomera in 1971. These parts were recovered from Anna Creek Station in 1990.
Thanks Geono.

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At the first NLUUG meetup I went to I got a tshirt with this drawing of the Early Bird on it. "Early Bird" is the nickname of the Intelsat I, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit, on 6 April 1965.

It helped provide the first live TV coverage of a spacecraft splashdown, that of Gemini 6 in December 1965. Originally slated to operate for 18 months, Early Bird was in active service for four years, being deactivated in January 1969, although it was briefly activated in June of that year to serve the Apollo 11 flight when the Atlantic Intelsat satellite failed. It was deactivated again in August 1969 and has been inactive since that time (except for a brief reactivation in 1990 to commemorate its 25th launch anniversary), although it remains in orbit.

The Early Bird satellite was the first to provide direct and nearly instantaneous contact between Europe and North America, handling television, telephone, and telefacsimile transmissions. It was fairly small, measuring nearly 76 × 61 cm and weighing 34.5 kg.

The tshirt has gotten thinner and thinner and when the holes started to appear I gave it an unceremonious splashdown in the bin.

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We have lift off with this unusual rocket lettterbox. Thanks for the locationless.

With these co-ordinates you could really go into space.

The logo on the side of the building in the attached photo is the Gilmore Space Academy at Pimpama. They have programs to teach visitors about space including a number of well renown simulators. Additionally the Gilmore Brothers are part of a consortium to build low cost rockets to launch small satellites into space. They successfully launched their first rocket last year and hope to have reach sub-orbit flight within two years, the full orbital flight within 5 years.

What an adventure!

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Here is a rocket atop Mount Wellington. This is what Hobartians affectionately call this tower. A great view of Hobart from up here. Thanks for the fun locationless. Will use as part of the States of the Nation games 2017/2018 games. TFTL

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Search for Interstellar Life successful

In the Wild's of Narrabri you can get pretty close to mankind's search for intelligence up there. When I arrived the antennae were pointing up which made sense but then they swung round & pointed towards the southern horizon - nothing intelligent down there. When I visited they had already discovered life, a new born eg

The project currently being observed is entitled "Monitoring the real time birth of a planetary nebula." Obviously a nebula is some form of intelligence, be it very young. That was in 2015 so expect some news in the next decade.

My apologies to Paul Wild.

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The remains of the Blue Streak Rocket launched from Woomera June 5th 1964
Found this on our trip to the Red Centre Event in ALice Springs at our stop at Giles Weatherstation

Hi geono
Found this little "y's Space Commuter" during another GA Games back in 2012
Logging this cache for "States of the Nation"
Logged at 0903hrs
Merry Christmas
Cheers OldSaint

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On our recent travels to the Red Centre Experience and return via South Australia, we stopped to for an overnight stop at Woomera. We visited the many outside exhibits, and also visited the very interesting museum. Here pictured is some actual space equipment and rocket that has been retrieved from space travel. The museum is a well worth place to visit.

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A picture of the 'Moorabbin Rocket' located in Moorabbin in Victoria. I grew up in the area and climbed up into the cockpit on many an occasion in my youth, fond memories. Enjoyed reading of the history of the structure - Refer text of GC44Q5A.. thanks..!!

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In December 2012 I helped GabGab make a very cool cache called Mission to Mars http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga4678
The cache is still in play but way of the beaten track so had not moved in a long time. I find and drooped this cache of at S37° 51.984' E144° 50.812'

Travelling the Central Highway we stopped Giles Weather Station and found some space remains.
The Blue Streak Rocket was launched from Woomera in 1964 and later found 50km SE of Giles.
TFTC

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On 12/7/1979 Skylab returned to Earth leaving a trail of space debris fell across Western Australia. The largest piece of Skylab is on display at Balladonia museum. Knowing that I was going to cross the Nullabour again I knew I could grap a picture of this piece of space junk.

Visiting Hong Kong Disney Land! Tomorrowland was full of space related icons and really did feel like we visted there. This rocket was ready for Blast Off!

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Spotted this intergalactic spaceship while on holidays in Christchurch - quite close to the airport... Not sure when it will take its first flight! Thanks GEONO for this fun locationless

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There is now only the empty paddock with the remains of the foundations of the dishe's and associated buildings. This plaque in recognition of what was here is located on the road leading down to Love day Cove at Cooby Dam North East of Toowoomba. there was a tracking station here back in the 1960's. Photo's attached tell the story.

Cooby Creek Tracking Station was located 22.5 km north of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

This station was built in 1966 to support NASA's Application Technology Satellite Program, and was a part of the Spacecraft Tracking and Data Acquisition Network. It was designed to be portable and the equipment was housed in trailers that were shipped out to Australia in the mid sixties.

A 12-metre parabolic antenna was used to receive and transmit information to geostationary satellites, which served as the forerunners to modern telecommunication satellites. The steerable crossed yagi antenna was used to transmit and receive telemetry from various spacecraft of that era. The transmitters used Klystron power amplifiers and the receivers were cryogenically cooled maser devices.

On 6 June 1967 the station received the first television program from outside Australia (from expo67) to be received on the Australian East Coast (the first program to Australia, "Down Under comes up Live", was received at Carnarvon on 25 November 1966) and on 25 June 1967 participated in the Our World program linking 24 countries around the world to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

The station closed in 1970.

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I drive past this sign every work day and just had to grab a photo as soon as I had someone with me to hold the GPS! TFTC

Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex
421 Discovery Drive
Paddys River ACT

cdscc.nasa.gov



My grandson enjoyed the visit!

He travelled all the way down from Queensland. Not quite as long as a trip to the moon, but still fun.

Here's a photo of him in full NASA regalia!

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Uranus

Yaminbah Rest Area
Newell Highway
Near Narrabri

I had visited the Sidings Spring Observatory or at least tried to but when I got to the top it was closed for cleaning - polishing the mirrors with Mr Sheen or something. On the way back down I was accosted by a green female frog from Venus who insisted she accompany me. (I got even eventually depositing her in Clermont).

Feeling tired I landed my spaceship at the rest area only to discover I was near Uranus, the last place I'd visit.

On my intergalactic travels I use the resources of the Australian Telescope National Facility, Paul Wild Observatory near Narrabri & when on Earth, my Magellan.

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GCA 1082 - 10779. An actual piece of the Moon !

Brought back by Apollo 11 - and on display at the Canberra Deep Space Tracking Station - a really neat amount of space related stuff here !

TFTC !!

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Hi geono
This is a picture of where my "Journey into Space" will be tracked from.
It is an observatory situated on Mt Rumney, Tasmania - Mt Canopus Observatory.
However, don't let appearances be deceiving - WHAT is REALLY inside?
It could be where I house my time travelling machine - You all thought Dr WHO was fictionary didn't you!?
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.

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Some great street art in Christchurch. Good idea for a locationless-certainly has you looking.

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I'm a little confused about the coordinates of Sol de lune's Saturn log. Attached is a current photo of Saturn on this stretch of road. There are a few of Saturns on different roads radiating from Coonabarabran. Maybe Sol de lune's coordinates should be S31 22.808 E149 19.573 ?

The Sun. I'm logging the Sun only here. Hopefully that means others can log other things here. Had a fun day travelling around the solar system. If I am only meant to log here once, let me know and I'll delete all but one log.

Mercury. Part of the virtual solar system.

Venus. Part of the virtual solar system.

Earth. Part of the virtual solar system.

Mars. Part of the virtual solar system.

Jupiter. Part of the virtual solar system.

Uranus near Tooraweenah. Part of the virtual solar system.

Neptune in Gilgandra. Part of the virtual solar system.

Pluto in Dubbo. Part of the virtual solar system.

Anzac Park in Ulverstone is known unofficially as the rocket park and is in a lovely setting beside the Leven River in the middle of town. It has a very popular playground and bbq area and was fairly busy when we visited to take our photo. TFTL

We spotted this pink rocket on the waterfront at the Brooke St Pier in Hobart.
We are still wondering why it is there.

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Todat we were travelling between Adelaide and the Yorke Peninsula when we came across a flying saucer near Dublin. Well, it wasn't flying but it had landed and we assume that the aliens on board had disembarked to catch up with the "little green people" in Dublin. Nearby are other large metal constructions including a cockroach and a blowfly. Someone has certainly had fun creating these eye-catching objects. Thanks geono for an amusing cache. A photo of the flying saucer has been added to the Gallery.

Saturn by Bluedog...a cache (GC120HF) along the Oxley Highway just south of Coonabarabran...and there is a large billboard advertising the planets of the solar system.

A neat cache and great billboard.

Thanks for a fun locationless geono...

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drat - I saw a perfect piece of street art for this on Friday, but didn't take a piccie.
Maybe next time.

I came across this old playground rocket whilst doing "The Moorabbin Rocket" geocache - and I seem to have childhood memories playing on this or a similar rocket many years ago, but can't confirm this.

"...a local entrepreneur Sid James bought the rocket and installed it at his amusement park on the Nepean Highway. It sat there for many years until the park closed and the dilapidated rocket once again ended up in a scrap metal dealer's yard in Chesterville Road." (Take The Moorabbin Rocket cache story with a large pinch of salt!...)

http://coord.info/GC44Q5A

Blast off